The sc in its order 2 observed that the percentage of disproportionate assets as computed by the hc was the result of wrong reading of the evidence on record. In the instant case, the disproportionate asset is less than 10% and it is within permissible limit therefore, the accused are entitled to acquittal. She was accused of misusing her office during her first tenure as chief minister during 199196 to amass properties worth. Sc reserves judgment in jayalalithaa disproportionate. Karnataka special public prosecutor expresses displeasure. The verdict came as a huge relief to the aiadmk chief that will enable her stage a political comeback. The fate of aiadmk general secretary sasikala natarajan, fighting a bitter power battle with interim tamil nadu chief minister o panneerselvam after the demise of j. The karnataka high court today acquitted jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case. Otherwise also, the facts of the case are so telling that we are of the opinion that the prosecution of the appellant shall be an abuse of the process of the court.
These appeals project a challenge to the judgment and order dated. The disproportionate assets case, as it came to be known, went on for 18. How karnataka high court acquitted jayalalithaa in 19yearold disproportionate assets case. On tuesday the apex court convicted aiadmk general secretary v k sasikala in disproportionate assets case. Jayalalithaa on 27 september, a week later than expected. Full text of the supreme court judgment on disproportionate. Details and background of jayalalithas disproportionate. A special court had convicted her in an 18yearold disproportionate assets case.
Generally, those who are accused in disproportionate assets case are rich and powerful persons with vast resources. Jan 23, 2019 sc scripts the climax to the twodecade old wealth case full text of the supreme court judgment on disproportionate assets case. Sep 29, 2014 aiadmk supremo and tamil nadu chief minister j jayalalitha has been found guilty in the disproportionate assets case by a special court that was set up to look into this matter shares vaikundarajan. Sasikala jayalalitha dpa supreme judgement text ramanis.
Special judge john michael cunha pronounced the judgment. Acharya, who as special public prosecutor relentlessly led the prosecution for over a decade in the wellknown disproportionate assets case against the late chief minister of tamil nadu, jayalalithaa, and three others, is a legal luminary who was the advocate general of karnataka five times, with his services having been sought by several chief ministers. Jayalalitha is the accused number one in the case followed by shashikala natarajan, sudhakaranfoster son of jayalalitha and illavarasi. The supreme court yesterday reserved its verdict in the appeal filed by the state of karnataka challenging the acquittal of tamil nadu chief minister jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case. The further case of the prosecution is that during the check period i. Admk general secretary sasikala and the others in the disproportionate assets case have been found guilty by the supreme court which had imposed a four year jail term and a fine of rupees 10. I dont support the judgement but i read this on net so i would like to share it. The five time chief minister, who recently won a huge legal victory on her disproportionate assets case seems to have almost gone underground, at a time, when the world thought she would come out swinging. The karnataka high court judgement acquitting j jayalalitha and three others in the disproportionate assets case raised quite a few eye brows. Sep 27, 2014 this case was a complaint by subramanian swamy in 1996 that led to a probe against jayalalitha in what later came to be known as the disproportionate assets case. Jayalalitha,chief minister tamil nadu has been delivered to day at 1030 am by the supreme court of india. The verdict in the j jayalalithaa disproportionate assets case is likely to come up only after october 15. Only karnataka can file the appeal in supreme court dr.
Jayalalithaas disproportionate assets case to continue. Mar 17, 2016 jayalalithaas disproportionate assets case. However, in 2015, the karnataka high court hc overturned the judgement and. The percentage of her disproportionate assets is 8. Supreme court judgment which upheld the trial court judgment pdf 2. Jayalalithaa should be convicted in disproportionate assets case even after death. Jun 07, 2016 the hearing went on for over two months before the supreme court reserved its judgement on tuesday. In this particular case against selvi jayalalithaa and others, i had to face many. The high court today overturned a bangalore special court order delivered on 27th sept, 2014, sentencing.
February, 14, 2017 read order, all convicts are directed to surrender forthwith to the trial court in bengaluru. The judgement of supreme court of india for disproportionate. A bench of justices pinaki chandra ghose and amitava roy reserved its judgment today after the final hearing in the case which had commenced on. Timeline of jayalalithaas and sasikalas disproportionate assets case supreme court upheld the trial courts judgment convicting general secretary v k sasikala in the disproportionate case. Jayalalithaa is trying to prolong her disproportionate. Anbazhagan filed his written submission with the karnataka high court.
Pti tamil nadu chief minister j jayalalithaa was convicted by a special court in bangalore here on saturday after being found guilty in a rs 66. Feb, 2017 admk general secretary sasikala and the others in the disproportionate assets case have been found guilty by the supreme court which had imposed a four year jail term and a fine of rupees 10. In line with the supreme court judgment on monday in the disproportionate assets case against aiadmk general secretary j. Vaikundarajan shocked as jayalalitha convicted by the.
Jayalalitha case judgement disproportionate assets case supreme court judgement. Full text of the judgement of supreme court of india for. In a landmark judgment supreme court of india has convicted vk sasikala, ilavarasi and sudhakaran in the disproportionate assets case. Tamil nadu chief minister j jayalalitha leaving her poes garden residence to appear before a bangalore special court. Jun 07, 2016 the supreme court on tuesday reserved its judgement on the petition filed by the karnataka government and others against acquittal of tamil nadu chief minister j jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case. Jayalalithaa was a sixtime chief minister of the south indian state of tamil nadu. Sasikala convicted in disproportionate assets case, read.
Three years into her tenure, she was convicted in a disproportionateassets case, rendering her disqualified to hold office. Feb 14, 2017 sasikala jayalalitha dpa supreme judgement text the judgement regarding the disappropriate assets case involving late. Convicted in a disproportionate asset case, loses cm post. The judgement of supreme court of india for disproportionate assets case against jayalalithaa. Disproportionate assets case against jayalalithaa jump to navigation jump to search. Jayalalithaas disproportionate assets case to continue beyond her grave court proceedings in the disproportionate assets case against tamil nadu chief minister jayalalithaa and her close aide sasikala natarajan are likely to continue despite the cms death, according to special public prosecutor in the case bv acharya. A bench comprising justices pc ghose and rk agrawal also issued notices to jayalalithaas close aide sasikala and two of her relatives, vn sudhakaran and elavarasi, and asked them to file their replies within eight weeks. The late jayalalitha, three time former chief minister cm of tamil nadu cm. The division bench of justices pc ghose and amitava roy has. A special court in bangalore will give its verdict in the disproportionate assets case against tamil nadu chief minister j. The jayalalithaa acquittal is based on the krishnanand agnihotri case of 1977, which introduces the concept that disproportionate asset to the extent of 10 per cent d. A criminal case will always be tried as union of india state of tamil nadu eg vs defendent. The supreme court accepted the appeal and ruled that appointment of bhavani was against rules.
Sc reserves judgment in jayalalithaa disproportionate assets case. Jayalalithaa convicted in corruption case, gets 4 yrs in jail, rs 100 crore fine on business standard. Supreme court reserves judgment in jayalalithaa da case. Hence, a public prosecutor conducting such cases will have to withstand temptations, incentives and other pressures, including threats. Here is a time line of all you need to know in the 21yearold case against jaya and sasikala.
Sc issues notice to jayalalithaa over acquittal in. Jayalalithaa, chief of the aiadmk, was also asked to pay a fine of rs 100 crore. Jayalalithaa should be convicted in disproportionate. The same is the case with calculation of disproportionate assets, where total income is subtracted from the total assets. A dramatic turn of events saw the soontobe chief minister of tamil nadu shedding the corruption tag. A judgement on 27 september 2014 in the special court convicted all of the accusednamely. Full text of the judgement of supreme court of india for disproportionate assets case against jayalalithaa see other formats. When the principal accused jayalalithaa has been acquitted, the other accused, who have played a lesser role, are also entitled to acquittal. Other accused including her aide sasikala were also acquitted of all charges in the. Jayalalithaas acquittal in a disproportionate assets case.
Sc reserves judgement in jayas disproportionate assets case. Lets first go through a brief timeline of the case and understand how it came about. Mar 17, 2016 sir is this case is considered most important case in india, the amount involved in disproportionate case is about sixty four crores. The sc in its order2 observed that the percentage of disproportionate assets as. Sc scripts the climax to the twodecade old wealth case full text of the supreme court judgment on disproportionate assets case. Aiadmk general secretary v k sasikala was today convicted by the supreme court which set aside the karnataka high court verdict acquitting her in the 19yearold disproportionate assets case that. Jayalalithaa acquitted in disproportionate assets case. Arithmetic errors in jayalalithaas judgement in disproportionate assets case.
The fate of the aiadmk chiefs appeal against her conviction and four years of jailing by a special court in bengaluru will be decided by the karnataka high court on monday. It is d day for former tamil nadu chief minister j jayalalithaa. This means, the prosecution is handled by the government representatives, while the individual has access to all alleg. The case was initially filed against jayalalitha in 1996 by subramanian swamy, alleging that she had amassed assets disproportionate to her known sources of income. What really happened in the jayalalithaa wealth case verdict. After jayalalithaa, which indian politician, in your opinion. The supreme court on tuesday reserved its judgement on the petition filed by the karnataka government and others against acquittal of tamil nadu chief minister j jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case. Jayalalithaa jayaram 24 february 1948 5 december 2016, commonly referred to as. On 27 september 2014, jayalalithaa was sentenced to four years in jail and fined. As per the judgement, jayalalitha s total assets stand at rs 37 crore. Jayalalithaa convicted in corruption case, gets 4 yrs in. Feb 10, 2017 karnataka special public prosecutor expresses displeasure over sc delay in sasi case orders the octogenarian senior lawyer pointed out that the supreme court had reserved its judgement on the case after hearing both sides in july. Timeline of jayalalithaas and sasikalas disproportionate. Analysis of the karnataka high court judgement how did.
Sasikala jayalalitha dpa supreme judgement text ramanis blog. Disproportionate assets case against jayalalithaa wikipedia. Justice cr kumaraswamy will be delivering the judgement at 11 oclock. Jun 07, 2016 jayalalitha and three of her associates were acquitted in the disproportionate assets case by a single judge of the karnataka high court in may 2015. Jayalalitha,chief minister tamil nadu has been delivered to. Sasikala and others guilty, sc restores trial court. Personally i have not seen the judgement, it would be subject to the regular hierarchy of appeals congress leader manish tewari tamil nadu chief minister j jayalalithaa found guilty in disproportionate assets case. This is a case where the accused had managed to drag on the case for more than 19 years and filed a petition seeking appointment of public prosecutor and judge of her choice. Further, jayalalitha s defence had largely been that she had executed a power of attorney in favour of sasikala and was oblivious to any wrongdoings. Verdict in jayalalithaa disproportionate assets case. But, the assets case against jayalalithaa is a bizarre case where basic arithmetical calculations resulted in an acquittal.
Former tamil nadu chief minister jayalalithaa was on monday acquitted by karnataka high court in the da case. With this judgment, her bid to become cm of the state has officially been put to rest as the conviction sentenced her to four years in jail. Karnataka to sc this is the only way to recover the rs 100crore fine imposed on her, the state told the bench. Jayalalithaa convicted in disproportionate assets case. In the mid90s, jayalalitha was booked for amassing wealth to the tune of rs 66 crorewhich was disproportionate to her known sources of incomefollowing a complaint by a dmk worker. Feb 14, 2017 in a landmark judgment supreme court of india has convicted vk sasikala, ilavarasi and sudhakaran in the disproportionate assets case. The 21yearold disproportionate assets case more famously known as jayalalithaa da case was finally decided on tuesday by the supreme court. Part 3 how did sasikala get convicted for disproportionate assets. Jayalalithaa was on saturday sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted in an rs 66crore disproportionate assets case by a special sessions court in bangalore. According to the first information report, appellant possessed disproportionate assets worth rs. Spanning 176 pages of its 570page judgment, the supreme court on tuesday observed that the karnataka high court judge got his math wrong, besides incorrectly adding seven extra heads of income for jayalalithaa, sasikala and the two other accused in the disproportionate assets case on an inflated and patently incorrect figure. How karnataka high court acquitted jayalalithaa in 19year. How the numbers dont add up in the jayalalithaa case. May 11, 2015 how karnataka high court acquitted jayalalithaa in 19yearold disproportionate assets case.
May 12, 2015 arithmetic errors in jayalalithaas judgement in disproportionate assets case. Sasikala convicted in disproportionate assets case, read judgement here. Full text of the supreme court judgment on disproportionate assets. Former tamil nadu chief minister j jayalalitha has been acquitted by the karnataka high court in an 18yearold disproportionate assets case. Jayalalitha and three of her associates were acquitted in the disproportionate assets case by a single judge of the karnataka high court in may 2015. The apex court has asked the karnataka government and other respondents to file their written submissions by june 10. Three years into her tenure, she was convicted in a disproportionate assets case, rendering her disqualified to hold office. Jayalalithaa will be moved to jail, will have to step down. Theories do the rounds on verdict jayalalithaa was convicted by a trial court of misusing her position as cm between 1991 and 1996 to amass disproportionate assets of nearly rs 67 crore. Judgement was delayed because anbazhagan petitioned the supreme court against the appointment of bhavani singh as prosecutor. The judgement regarding the disappropriate assets case involving late. The high court rejected the trial courts judgement. Tamil nadu congress committee chief evks elangovan has issued a statement that judgement in disproportionate assets case is full of errors. Verdict in jayalalithaa disproportionate assets case only.
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