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Friday, October 3, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 79
The Karnataka government has decided to appeal in the Supreme Court against the acquittal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case.
"The state cabinet has accepted the recommendation of the special public prosecutor (B.V. Acharya) and state advocate general (Ravivarma Kumar) to appeal against the May 11 Karnataka High Court verdict, which acquitted Jayalalithaa in the case," state Law Minister T.B. Jayachandra told reporters.
Though the ruling Congress's legal cell recently advised against such appeal, as the state government was not a party to the 19-year-old case, the cabinet endorsed the opinion of the AG and SPP on merits after the apex court ruled that Karnataka was the sole prosecuting agency as the case was transferred to the state in 2003 from a Chennai trial court.
Clarifying that the decision had nothing to do with inter-state issues, the minister said that the cabinet decision on Monday was based on merits and the government's responsibility to honour the top court's observations and abide by its ruling in the case.
The Karnataka government has decided to appeal in the Supreme Court against the acquittal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case.
"The state cabinet has accepted the recommendation of the special public prosecutor (B.V. Acharya) and state advocate general...
The Karnataka government has decided to appeal in the Supreme Court against the acquittal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case.
"The state cabinet has accepted the recommendation of the special public prosecutor (B.V. Acharya) and state advocate general (Ravivarma Kumar) to appeal against the May 11 Karnataka High Court verdict, which acquitted Jayalalithaa in the case," state Law Minister T.B. Jayachandra told reporters.
Though the ruling Congress's legal cell recently advised against such appeal, as the state government was not a party to the 19-year-old case, the cabinet endorsed the opinion of the AG and SPP on merits after the apex court ruled that Karnataka was the sole prosecuting agency as the case was transferred to the state in 2003 from a Chennai trial court.
Clarifying that the decision had nothing to do with inter-state issues, the minister said that the cabinet decision on Monday was based on merits and the government's responsibility to honour the top court's observations and abide by its ruling in the case.
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