Jaya moves SC against Bangalore court order

The trial of the disproportionate assets case,allegedly involving accumulation of assets worth over Rs 66 crore by Jayalalithaa between 1991 and 1996 is on in Bangalore

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bangalore trial courts order directing her to appear before it again on November 8 in a disproportionate assets case.

The AIADMK chief contended that as per the apex courts direction she had already appeared before the court on October 20 and 21 and she cannot be summoned again.

She argued that she was supposed to personally appear before the trial court only once and she cannot be forced to appear repeatedly.

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The trial of the disproportionate assets case,allegedly involving accumulation of assets worth over Rs 66 crore by Jayalalithaa between 1991 and 1996 is on in Bangalore.

The DA case proceedings were shifted out of Tamil Nadu by the apex court after she feared she might be denied a fair trial in Tamil Nadu due to states erstwhile DMK government,which she had accused of implicating her in false cases.

The trial court had on October 21 directed her to appear again on November 8,saying that her questioning remained inconclusive.