Disproportionate assets case: Supreme Court grants bail to Jayalalithaa on health grounds
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to former Tamil Nadu chief minister, Jayalalithaa, who has been in a Bangalore jail for last three weeks following her conviction in corruption case.
Jayalalithaa volunteered before the Supreme Court to be kept in confinement in house for 2-3 months while pressing for bail.
Bail is applicable till December 18, after which a date will be set for appeal hearing. CJI has asked that paperbook should be ready within two months, not a day more.
Her party, AIADMK is celebrating its 43rd birthday today.
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The Supreme Court also asked Jayalalithaa to direct her party workers not to create law and order problem in the state. The apex court granted relief on assurance by Jayalalithaa's lawyer that there would be no attempts to delay the appeal in Karnataka HC.
Jayalalithaa's gets interim bail: celebrations outside her residence in Chennai pic.twitter.com/JZcQncLoLC
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— ANI (@ANI_news) October 17, 2014Senior advocate Fali S Nariman had pleaded to the court to "accommodate" the case in this week itself.
Jayalalithaa, who was denied bail by Karnataka High Court following her conviction and 4-year sentence in a graft case, had moved the Supreme Court for bail on October 9.
The AIADMK chief, who has been behind bars since September 27, has challenged the High Court order, which had refused her bail.
Jayalalithaa has pleaded that she has been sentenced to only four years jail in the case and she is also suffering from various ailments as grounds for her immediate relief.
Jayalalithaa also cited grounds of being senior citizen and woman for getting out of jail.
The 66-year-old politician was denied bail by the High Court on October 7 despite the Special Public Prosecutor not objecting to grant of conditional bail to her.The High Court had also rejected the bail pleas by Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala and her relatives V N Sudhakaran, disowned foster-son of the former Chief Minister, and Ilavarasi, who have also been sent to four years in jail in the 18-year-old case.
The Special Court had held Jayalalithaa and three others guilty of corruption. The court had also slapped a fine of Rs 100 crore on the AIADMK chief and Rs 10 crore fine on each of the three other convicts.
Here is a timeline of Disproportionate Assets case and AIADMK Chief Jayalalithaa's conviction
