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[h=1]Jayalalithaa case comes up in SC on Jan 8, one judge changed[/h]The Disproportionate Assets case against Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa comes up for hearing Friday 8 January in the Supreme Court even as one of the bench hearing appeals filed against the acquittal of Jayalalithaa has been changed.
The case against Jayalalithaa has a 19-year history dating back to the time when the then DMK government initiated a probe into her wealth and assets during her tenure as Chief Minister between 1991 and 1996. A prolonged legal battle later, with the defence coming under heavy criticism from the Supreme Court for delaying proceedings, Judge Michael Cunha of the Special Court in Karnataka delivered a verdict in September 2014, finding Jayalalithaa guilty of holding disproportionate assets and corruption. She was handed a four year jail sentence and slapped with a Rs 100 crore fine.
Jayalalithaa spent 21 days in jail, was forced to resign as Chief Minister and came out on bail citing ill-health. A self-imposed exile followed where she confined herself to her Poes Garden home for the next eight months, re-emerging only after the Karnataka High Court exonerated her of all charges.
Read more at: http://www.firstpost.com/politics/j...in-sc-on-jan-8-one-judge-changed-2575164.html
The case against Jayalalithaa has a 19-year history dating back to the time when the then DMK government initiated a probe into her wealth and assets during her tenure as Chief Minister between 1991 and 1996. A prolonged legal battle later, with the defence coming under heavy criticism from the Supreme Court for delaying proceedings, Judge Michael Cunha of the Special Court in Karnataka delivered a verdict in September 2014, finding Jayalalithaa guilty of holding disproportionate assets and corruption. She was handed a four year jail sentence and slapped with a Rs 100 crore fine.
Jayalalithaa spent 21 days in jail, was forced to resign as Chief Minister and came out on bail citing ill-health. A self-imposed exile followed where she confined herself to her Poes Garden home for the next eight months, re-emerging only after the Karnataka High Court exonerated her of all charges.
Read more at: http://www.firstpost.com/politics/j...in-sc-on-jan-8-one-judge-changed-2575164.html