A Bench of Justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Amitav Roy granted two weeks to the appellants.
Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday posted for final hearing on February 2 a batch of appeals filed by the Karnataka government and DMK general secretary K. Anbazhagan challenging the acquittal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and three others in assets case by the Karnataka High Court.
A Bench of Justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Amitav Roy granted two weeks to the appellants and Ms. Jayalalithaa and others to submit a note indicating the relevant issues for determination and adjudication in the appeals.
Ms Jayalalithaa in her rejoinder had asserted in her response that there was no ‘mathematical error’ in the Karnataka high court judgment acquitting her and three others and had prayed for dismissal of the appeal. She questioned Karnataka’s locus standi to file this appeal as she said only the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption, Tamil nadu had the right to file an appeal. She said beyond the role of appointing a special public prosecutor, Karnataka had no other role in prosecuting the appeal.
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