Karnataka to appeal against Jaya’s acquittal

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has decided to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the high court’s verdict of acquitting AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa and three others in the disproportionate assets’ case. State law minister T B Jayachandra said that the decision to file an appeal had been taken purely on the basis of the "merit of the case as well as legal issues." He said the authorities have been directed to immediately commence the process of filing the appeal. Jayachandra only said various issues, including the reported error in computing the total loans treated as income of the accused, would be part of the appeal. When asked about the delay filing review petition, Jayachandra said the government had been given 90 days’ time to make a decision in this regard. Answering queries, he maintained that the Congress high command had not interfered in the process of taking the decision on appeal.