New Delhi: A bench of Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea filed by Karnataka government that sought review of apex Court order abating fine of Rs 100 crores on former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
The Karnataka Government had filed a review petition in the Jayalalithaa disproportionate assets case.
According to the government, the Supreme Court's verdict of the abatement of the corruption case against the late former TN chief minister stands as a fault in the record, which deserves to be relooked at.
Earlier in February, setting aside an earlier Karnataka High Court order, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court convicted V.K. Sasikala and ordered her to surrender to the law enforcement authorities immediately to serve the remainder of her four-year jail term.
The Supreme Court, however, concluded that the case against Jayalalithaa stood abated with her death.
A raid on her Poes garden residence in 1997 in Chennai recovered 800 kilograms of silver, 28 kilograms of gold, 750 pairs of shoes, 10,500 sarees, 91 watches and other valuables.
