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Swamy to approach SC on Jayas case
By: Tupaki Desk | 11 May 2015 10:15 AM GMT
In a major relief to former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, a special bench of the Karnataka High Court on Monday acquitted her in the Rs.66.65-crore disproportionate assets' case. Now decks cleared for her return to the chief minister's post.
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy who filed case on Jaya responded on the verdict. The BJP leader, who first moved a Chennai court against Jayalalithaa accusing her of amassing wealth, said he got shocked by the verdict.Swamy said that he has yet to read the full copy of judgment.Swamy has indicated he will appeal against her acquittal in the Supreme Court.
Its known that Swamy, then a leader of Janata Party, files a case against Jayalalithaa alleging that during her tenure as Chief Minister from 1991 to 1996, she amassed properties worth Rs 66.65 crore through illegal ways.
The case dragged on for 18 years first in Tamil Nadu and later in Karnataka after the Supreme Court transferred it to Bengaluru in November 2002.In September, a Bangalore judge found Jayalalithaa guilty. He sentenced her to four years in jail, and fined her Rs. 100 crore.
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy who filed case on Jaya responded on the verdict. The BJP leader, who first moved a Chennai court against Jayalalithaa accusing her of amassing wealth, said he got shocked by the verdict.Swamy said that he has yet to read the full copy of judgment.Swamy has indicated he will appeal against her acquittal in the Supreme Court.
Its known that Swamy, then a leader of Janata Party, files a case against Jayalalithaa alleging that during her tenure as Chief Minister from 1991 to 1996, she amassed properties worth Rs 66.65 crore through illegal ways.
The case dragged on for 18 years first in Tamil Nadu and later in Karnataka after the Supreme Court transferred it to Bengaluru in November 2002.In September, a Bangalore judge found Jayalalithaa guilty. He sentenced her to four years in jail, and fined her Rs. 100 crore.
