High Court to take up Jayalalithaa’s bail plea today
2 Oct 2014 4:24 AM IST
After the vacation bench of the court this morning adjourned the bail plea to October 6, lawyers for Jayalalithaa headed by Ram Jethmalani approached the court Registrar for an urgent hearing in the matter.
Chief Justice Justice DH Waghela then allowed the plea following which the court will tomorrow hear the former chief minister’s application, her lawyers said.
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.
Jayalalithaa 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 VN 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 6 October.
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.
Chief Justice Justice DH Waghela then allowed the plea following which the court will tomorrow hear the former chief minister’s application, her lawyers said.
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.
Jayalalithaa 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 VN 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 6 October.
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.
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