HC notice to TN govt over Jaya’s Poes Garden residence

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has ordered issuance of notice to the Tamil Nadu government on a plea moved by J Deepa, niece of late chief minister Jayalalithaa, challenging its decision to convert her Poes Garden residence in Chennai into a memorial. Deepa moved the petition on the ground that the property belongs to her and her brother J Deepak under the Hindu Succession Act. Deepa said her paternal grandmother had purchased several properties and died in 1971 leaving her son Jayakumar and daughter Jayalalithaa to succeed the estate. Thereafter, the siblings lived together at the Poes Garden residence.