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Desi NEWS JAYALALITHAA’S ACQUITTAL, RIGHT OR WRONG Karnataka high court has overturned a trial court judgment and acquitted AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa and her three associates in an 18-year-old disproportionate assets case. AIADMK chief, along with her aides N Sasikala, VN Sudhakaran and J Elasvarasi, was held guilty of holding unaccounted income during her tenure as chief minister from 1991-96 by the trial court. Her close aide Sasikala and Sasikala’s relatives Sudhakaran and Elavarasi were fined Rs 10 crore each. The prosecution charge was that in five years as Chief Miniser, her assets, including property and jewelry have added up to 66 crores. Pronouncing the operative portion of the judgement, which ran into 10 volumes and over 900 pages, Justice CR Kumaraswamy said, “Appeal allowed. All charges set aside. All are acquitted.” The decision to declare J Jayalalithaa not guilty may have been based on deeply flawed math, the prosecutor has alleged. “In terms of percentage there is a glaring arithmetical error,” said public prosecutor BV Acharya. Justice CR Kumaraswamy found that Ms Jayalalithaa’s illegal or unaccounted wealth was at 8% of her income, which is “relatively small” and “within the permissible limit of 10 per cent”. 12 WWW.WISHESH.COM | JUNE 2015

Mr Acharya said, according to page 852 of the Karnataka High Court judgement, the loans add up to almost Rs. 11 crore, while the judge calculated her borrowings at 24 crores, around 13 crores more. Jayalalithaa’s disproportionate assets, therefore, add up to around Rs. 16 crore and not Rs. 3 crore. “So her assets are disproportionate by 76% and not 8.12 (as stated by the judge). Since the glaring mistake has come to our notice only now, we are considering all options available,” said Mr Acharya. BV Acharya said, “I did not expect this verdict. But so many judgments are surprising.” Jayalalithaa’s lawyer B Kumar said, “This is a historic judgement. Our faith in the judiciary has been restored.” “The case against Jayalalithaa could not be proved so she has been let off,” said Kumar, “Now, there is no restriction on Jayalalithaa to become the CM.” “It will be a big blow to all opposition parties,” said C Lakshmanan, a professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies. “It will be a nightmare for all of them. The AIADMK might have a cakewalk in the 2016 elections. The BJP may not be able to even imagine a hold in Tamil Nadu in their lifetime unless they completely surrender to Amma,” he said. Speculations are rife that Jayalalithaa may go for snap polls, riding on the strength of the verdict in her favour, that smashes the corruption plank raised against her by opposition parties. JUNE 2015 | WWW.WISHESH.COM 13

Mr Acharya said, according to<br />

page 852 of the Karnataka High<br />

Court judgement, the loans add up<br />

to almost Rs. 11 crore, while the<br />

judge calculated her borrowings at<br />

24 crores, around 13 crores more.<br />

Jayalalithaa’s disproportionate<br />

assets, therefore, add up to around<br />

Rs. 16 crore and not Rs. 3 crore. “So<br />

her assets are disproportionate by<br />

76% and not 8.12 (as stated by the<br />

judge). Since the glaring mistake<br />

has come to our notice only now,<br />

we are considering all options<br />

available,” said Mr Acharya.<br />

BV Acharya said, “I did not expect<br />

this verdict. But so many judgments<br />

are surprising.” Jayalalithaa’s<br />

lawyer B Kumar said, “This is a<br />

historic judgement. Our faith in the<br />

judiciary has been restored.” “The<br />

case against Jayalalithaa could<br />

not be proved so she has been let<br />

off,” said Kumar, “Now, there is<br />

no restriction on Jayalalithaa to<br />

become the CM.”<br />

“It will be a big blow to all opposition parties,” said<br />

C Lakshmanan, a professor at the Madras Institute<br />

of Development Studies. “It will be a nightmare for<br />

all of them. The AIADMK might have a cakewalk in<br />

the 2016 elections. The BJP may not be able to even<br />

imagine a hold in Tamil Nadu in their lifetime unless<br />

they completely surrender to Amma,” he said.<br />

Speculations are rife that Jayalalithaa may go for snap polls, riding on the strength of the verdict in her favour,<br />

that smashes the corruption plank raised against her by opposition parties.<br />

JUNE <strong>2015</strong> | WWW.WISHESH.COM<br />

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