The Supreme Court today issued notice on a petition seeking clubbing of charge sheets in the 'cash-for-jobs' cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act involving former Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi passed the order, calling for the State's reply on aspects including maintainability of the petition.

During the hearing, Justice Kant posed to Senior Advocates Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi & Amit Anand Tiwari (for State) and Gopal Sankaranarayanan (for petitioner) if the trial can be transferred from Tamil Nadu to another "neutral" jurisdiction like Delhi.

On behalf of the petitioner, Gopal S said that there is no issue. However, he pointed out two things - (i) all the accused are not party to the petition, except one (G Gane

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