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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  Jayalalithaa disproportionate assets case: Karnataka govt asks SC to set aside HC verdict
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Jayalalithaa disproportionate assets case: Karnataka govt asks SC to set aside HC verdict

SC allows an intervening application by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy to file his contentions

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New Delhi: The Supreme court on Tuesday began hearing final arguments on the appeals filed against the acquittal of Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa and others in a disproportionate assets case.

A bench comprising justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Amitava Roy heard arguments by advocate Dushyant Dave, representing the government of Karnataka.

“The verdict of the high court is so perverse in law, that it needs to be set aside," Dave told the court.

On 27 July, the apex court issued notices to Jayalalithaa and three others to file their replies following the Karnataka government’s appeal against their acquittal by the Karnataka high court.

The top court also allowed an intervening application by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy to file his contentions.

A special court in Bengaluru had on 27 September 2014 convicted Jayalalithaa, N. Sasikala Natarajan, V.N. Sudhakaran and J. Elavarasi for amassing wealth disproportionate to their income when Jayalalithaa was chief minister of Tamil Nadu between 1991 and 1996. The court sentenced her to 4 years’ imprisonment and imposed a fine of 100 crore.

Later, the Karnataka high court, on 11 May 2015, overruled the conviction, allowing Jayalalithaa to return as chief minister. The high court cited an error in computing the disproportionate assets and said they did not exceed more than 10% of the declared assets, which warrants conviction.

The case will be heard next on 24 February.

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Published: 23 Feb 2016, 11:13 PM IST
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