Sources have stated that the Supreme Court on Tuesday has reserved judgment on appeals filed by Karnataka against the acquittal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha in a disproportionate assets case and a Bench of Justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Amitava Roy have finally closed the notebooks on the twentieth day of the day to day arguments which has started on February 23.
The Supreme Court judgment when it is delivered would mean closure to the wealth case haunting Tamil Nadu politics and the appeals were pending in the apex court when Ms. Jayalalitha has fought the Assembly elections recently and came back to power.
It was stated that Tuesday's hearing was on the special leave petitions filed by Karnataka against the May 11 High Court judgment setting aside the trial court decision of September 27, 2014 to confiscate the immovable properties allegedly held by the four accused.
The senior advocate Harin Raval for Ms. Jayalalitha has told that the definition of ‘corruption’ under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act is not fulfilled by the fact of acquisition of assets as such, but depends on the inability of the public servant to satisfactorily account for the same.
