New Delhi: In a setback to Karnataka government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected its petition for review of the judgment holding that the appeal in the Rs 66 crore disproportionate assets case against former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has come to an end after her death on December 5, 2016.
A bench of Justices Pinakai Chandra Ghose and Amitav Roy dismissed the review petition which sought a direction to declare Jayalalithaa as a convict and guilty of corruption and to recover the Rs 100 crore fine imposed on her by the trial court.
In a brief order passed in the Chambers the bench said “Applications for personal hearing of Review Petitions before the Court are rejected.
“These Review Petitions have been filed against judgment dated February 14, 2017, whereby the appeals filed by the appellant (State of Karnataka) were allowed setting aside the judgment and order of the High Court and A1 (Jayalalithaa) having expired meanwhile, it was held that the appeals, so far as those relate to her stood abated. We have considered the Review Petitions filed by the State of Karnataka on merits. No case for review of our order is made out. The Review Petitions are dismissed on merits.”
