The Supreme Court today refused to entertain ex-Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji's plea seeking expunction of the remarks made by the Court which forced him to resign as a Minister.

In April, a bench comprising Justice AS Oka and Justice AG Masih had strongly criticised Balaji for assuming charge as Minister soon after he was granted bail in the money laundering case. The bench led by Justice Oka orally warned that Balaji's bail will be cancelled if he did not resign. Choose between "post" and "freedom" , Justice Oka orally said, following which Balaji resigned. Taking note of the resignation, the Court disposed of the applications seeking recall of the bail.

Later, the present miscellaneous application seeking expunction of remarks made by the Court was filed.

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