With the current verdict, the eleven convicts have been asked to return to jail to serve incarceration for committing a heinous crime that neither they remorsed nor asked an apology to the victims.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Senthil Balaji can remain a minister in the state and the verdict has given a blow to Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi, who dismissed the former from the cabinet in the wake of his imprisonment.
The timing of Governor RN Ravi's conduct of denying the assent to these bills holds significance as it has come at a high time when the MK Stalin government has waged a legal battle against Ravi's deliberate delay.
The apex court's verdict on Thursday - July 27 came at a high time when the Enforcement Directorate has come under a sharp public scrutiny over its raids against the opposition leaders and critics of the BJP regime.