Jaya’s date with destiny: Verdict in crucial case today
27 Sept 2014 5:42 AM IST
The judgement in the 18-year-old corruption case against Jayalalithaa could put her political future in jeopardy ahead of the 2016 Tamil Nadu assembly polls.
A bench headed by Justice TS Thakur dismissed the plea filed by the lawyer who alleged that there would be law and order problem after the pronouncement of verdict and the police might not be able to control the situation. ‘Why are you concerned about the security? State would take care of it. Who are you?’ the bench asked.
The bench said that if there is any such apprehension then the Tamil Nadu chief minister can herself approach it for protection.
Jayalalithaa has been charged with accumulating Rs 66 crore, wealth disproportionate to known sources of her income from 1991-96 in her first term as chief minister, in the case that has seen many political and legal twists and turns.
Her close aide Sasikala Natarajan, her niece Ilavarasi and her nephew and Jayalalithaa’s disowned foster son Sudhakaran are others listed as accused in the case.
A bench headed by Justice TS Thakur dismissed the plea filed by the lawyer who alleged that there would be law and order problem after the pronouncement of verdict and the police might not be able to control the situation. ‘Why are you concerned about the security? State would take care of it. Who are you?’ the bench asked.
The bench said that if there is any such apprehension then the Tamil Nadu chief minister can herself approach it for protection.
Jayalalithaa has been charged with accumulating Rs 66 crore, wealth disproportionate to known sources of her income from 1991-96 in her first term as chief minister, in the case that has seen many political and legal twists and turns.
Her close aide Sasikala Natarajan, her niece Ilavarasi and her nephew and Jayalalithaa’s disowned foster son Sudhakaran are others listed as accused in the case.
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