India, April 28 -- The Supreme Court on Monday said there was no basis for apprehending that former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji would return as a minister or occupy any position of power, underlining that the order to grant him bail in September last year was passed on the ground that he was no longer holding any position of power.

A bench of justices Abhay S Oka and AG Masih closed the application seeking recall of the September 2024 order granting bail to Senthil Balaji, noting that the application has become irrelevant in view of Balaji's resignation from the state's council of ministers on Sunday.

Balaji's exit from the state cabinet came a day before the top court's deadline to make a choice between post and freedom was to...