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K’taka to challenge Jaya’s acquittal
Throwing up a fresh legal challenge to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, Karnataka government today decided to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against her acquittal by the state High Court in the 19-year-old disproportionate assets case.
Bengaluru: Throwing up a fresh legal challenge to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, Karnataka government today decided to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against her acquittal by the state High Court in the 19-year-old disproportionate assets case.
Three weeks after her acquittal, suspense over the state's move ended with the cabinet deciding to move an appeal in the apex court based on the advice tendered by the Law Department, Special Public Prosecutor and Advocate General. "The Chief Minister has directed me to file an appeal in the Supreme Court immediately," Law Minister T B Jayachandra said in his media briefing after the Cabinet meeting.
Noting the advice given by SPP B V Acharya, AG Ravivarma Kumar and the law department, he said, "....And now the cabinet has decided to file the appeal" on merit. He said Karnataka has stepped into the shoes of Tamil Nadu as it is the sole prosecuting agency in the case, which was transferred to Bengaluru by the Supreme Court for a fair trial.
Jayachandra said Acharya would continue as SPP in the apex court, which had appointed him in the same capacity before High Court in the eleventh hour after it struck down appointment of Bhawani Singh as "bad in law." Acharya had earlier quit as SPP in the trial court and was replaced by Singh.
