New Delhi: The Karnataka government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court against the acquittal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case. This comes almost a month after the Karnataka High Court acquitted the AIADMK chief in the DA case, following which the special prosecutor in the case alleged grave mathematical error in the judgment.
The special prosecutor in the DA case against Jayalalithaa had alleged grave mathematical error in the judgement which acquitted the AIADMK chief.
Citing mathematical errors in calculating the loss in the high court judgment delivered by Justice C R Kumaraswamy, Karnataka has filed this appeal. After her acquittal by the Karnataka High court, Jayalalithaa returned as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu and is even contesting in an Assembly by-poll from Dr Radhakrishnan Nagar seat in Chennai, voting for which will take place on June 27. The appeal has come as a huge setback for Jayalalithaa.
Karnataka law minister T B Jayachandra had earlier in June said that the state would file an appeal in the Supreme Court. The state had appointed former Advocate General B V Acharya as a special counsel and his aide Sandesh Chowta as Acharya's second in-command. Senior Supreme Court advocate Joseph Aristotle was appointed as the advocate-on-record.
Acharya had said that there were glaring errors in the high court judgment in calculation of loans. Justice C R Kumaraswamy had said that Jayalalithaa had received loans worth Rs 240 million. But the actual figures came up to only Rs 100 million, so there is a mistake of about Rs 140 million, said Acharya.
According to Acharya, Jayalalithaa's total disproportionate assets is Rs 163.4 million and not Rs 28.2 million as the high court judge said. The assets are 76 per cent disproportionate and not just 8.12 per cent as per HC, Acharya said.
