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DA case: Jayalalithaa to remain in jail; bail hearing adjourned till October 7


Mangalore Today News Network

Bangalore, Oct 01, 2014:  In a setback to J Jayalalithaa, vacation bench of the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday adjourned the petition seeking bail in the disproportionate assets case till October 07.

Jayalalithaa.Till then, the former Tamil Nadu chief minister will remain in jail.

The AIADMK chief’s lawyers had filed a memo seeking speedy hearing.

Earlier on Tuesday, the High Court had adjourned to October 06 her pleas seeking immediate bail and challenging her conviction in the disproportionate assets case against her.

However, her lawyers submitted that the matter should be heard on priority as Jayalalithaa’s imprisonment was causing law and order problems in the state. They also stated that her health was unstable.

As the matter came up before the vacation bench, noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani, counsel for Jayalalithaa, pleaded for suspending the sentence pending appeal under Section 389 of the Criminal Procedure Code and for her release on bail.

G Bhavani Singh, who was Special Public Prosecutor in the Special Court in the disproportionate assets case, told the judge that he had not yet received any official notification appointing him as the SPP for the criminal appeal filed in the High Court.

"I have read a report appearing in a daily about my appointment as the SPP to handle the case, but I haven’t received any official notification appointing me as the SPP," he said.

"Since I haven’t received the notification, I am not authorised to represent the case," Singh added.

Singh sought more time, at which point the vacation bench judge Justice Rathnakala posted the matter for hearing on October 6.

In her petitions seeking immediate bail and challenging her sentence, Jayalalithaa has maintained that the charges of amassing wealth against her were false and that she had acquired property through legal means.

Jayalalitha has also contended that the trial court has overlooked several judgements and has not considered the binding nature of various income tax orders and decisions of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, which had accepted the income and the level of expenditure pleaded by her.

The pleas of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s aide Sasikala, her relatives V N Sudhakaran, disowned son of the former Chief Minister, and Ilavarasi, who have also moved the High Court seeking bail and challenging their conviction, were also posted for hearing on October 6.

In a verdict on Saturday at the end of an 18-year old legal battle, Special Judge John Michael D’Cunha had convicted Jayalalithaa, sentencing her to four years imprisonment, and slapped a staggering fine of Rs 100 crore in the Rs 66.65 crore corruption case.

In her appeal, Jayalalithaa pleaded for suspension of the conviction and the sentence and also refused to pay the Rs 100 crore fine imposed on her.

The hearing came up before the vacation bench as the High Court is on Dasara holidays from September 29 to October 6.

 

Courtesy: Zeenews


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