Disproportionate assets case: Jaya to appear in court tomorrow
Press Trust Of India, Mon-21-Nov-2011, Bangalore
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Bangalore, Nov 21 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
Jayalalithaa will appear before a special court here tomorrow
for the third time in the Rs 66-crore disproportionate assets
case against her.
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She would appear before Special Judge B M Mallikarjunaiah
at a make-shift court hall close to the high-security Central
Jail at Parapana Agrahara on the city outskirts.
In the first two sittings on October 20 and 21,
Jayalalithaa had answered about 570 questions out of the 1,200
framed by the judge in the 15-year-old case.
As the questioning remained inconclusive, the judge had
on October 21 posted the matter for November 8, but
Jayalalithaa moved the Supreme Court seeking exemption from
personal appearance stating she would furnish written replies.
The apex court, however, rejected her plea and directed
the Bangalore special court to complete the recording of her
statement in a day or two during her next appearance.
Following this, the special court had on November 8 fixed
tomorrow for the resumption of recording of Jayalalithaa's
statement.
Sources in Chennai said Jayalalithaa will leave for
Bangalore tomorrow by a special aircraft.
She has been charged with accumulation of wealth
disproportionate to her known sources of income when she was
the chief minister between 1991-96.
The trial was transferred from a Chennai court to
Bangalore in 2003 by the Supreme Court on a petition by DMK
General Secretary K Anbazhagan. PTI
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