Chennai: A special sitting of the Karnataka High Court will hear on Wednesday, the bail application of AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa, convicted in the disproportionate wealth case by a Special Court in Bangalore on September 27.
The High Court had earlier on Tuesday deferred the hearing of former Tamil Nadu chief minister’s bail plea to October 6.
The decision was taken after AIADMK chief’s lawyers filed a memorandum before the Karnakata High Court seeking speedy hearing in the case.
Jayalalithaa and her three associates, who are in jail in the 18-year-old disproportionate assets case, had moved the Karnataka High Court on Monday, seeking bail and challenging the verdict of the special court.
Eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani has drafted the bail application citing Jayalalithaa’s medical condition and that the fine imposed was not conforming to the PCA 1988 Act.
In the verdict that cost Jayalalithaa the Chief Minister’s job and disqualified her from being an MLA, the judge had also slapped a staggering fine of Rs 100 crore on her and Rs 10 crore each on the three other accused persons.
In her appeal, Jayalalithaa pleaded for suspension of the conviction and the sentence and also refused to pay the Rs 100-crore fine imposed on her.