New Delhi: A day after getting bail from Supreme Court in disproportionate assets case, AIADMK supremo and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa is expected to step out of the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison on Saturday.
An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu said that all four will be released on bail subject to the satisfaction of the condition by the trial court. Jayalalithaa’s counsel Fali Nariman represented her in the top court.
The apex court passed its order after Jayalalithaa’s counsel assured that her client won’t take any adjournment in the Karnataka High Court and will file paperbook of her appeal within two months.
“If the paperbook is not filed within two months, then we won’t give you even a single day more,” the SC bench said.
Jayalalithaa, in her plea, had said that she has been sentenced only for four years in the case and she is also suffering from various ailments as grounds for her immediate relief. She said as chief minister she did not misuse her powers in this case.
In her petitions, Jayalalithaa has maintained that the charge of amassing wealth against her during 1991-96, when she was chief minister for the first time, was false and that she had acquired property through legal means.
Special Court Judge John Michael D’ Cunha had, in his verdict, held Jayalalithaa and three others guilty of corruption that unseated her as CM. He had slapped a fine of Rs 100 crore on Jayalalithaa and Rs 10 crore each on the three other accused. The case related to period from 1991 to 1996 involving Rs 66.65 crore when she became chief minister for the first time.
Bureau Report
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