Bangalore:
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa will appear before a Bangalore court on November 22 in connection with a disproportionate assets case against her. The AIADMK chief had attended two days of court hearings in the same court last month.
On October 21, the court had adjourned the hearing in the case to November 8, as recording of Jayalalithaa's statement on 1,000-odd questions framed in the case remained inconclusive. The Chief Minister then filed an appeal in the Supreme Court asking to be excused from the hearing. She said she did not want to inconvenience the people of Bangalore and sought permission to answer questions in writing. The top court turned down her appeal, but said she should be given a date of her choice.
Jayalalithaa did not appear in court today. Instead, she moved an application seeking postponement of the hearing. Her close aide, Sasikala, who has also been named in the case, attended the proceedings.
Jayalalithaa was forced to attend two days of court hearings in Bangalore last month, after the Supreme Court over-ruled her concerns about her security. Around 1500 policemen, National Security Guard (NSG) commandos and a convoy of 20 cars escorted the Chief Minister along a 60-km route from the HAL airport to Bangalore's Central Prison.
The trial court had framed 1,339 questions for Jayalalithaa. She had replied to 567 questions on her last appearances before the court on October 20 and 21.
Supreme Court judges have said that the Bangalore court must finish its questioning of the Chief Minister at her next appearance.
The case against her accuses her of abusing her earlier term in office from 1991-96 to collect wealth that cannot be accounted for. The case was moved from Chennai to Bangalore in 2003 at the request of the DMK, the main Opposition party in Tamil Nadu. It had alleged that a free and fair trial would not be possible in the Chief Minister's home state.
On October 21, the court had adjourned the hearing in the case to November 8, as recording of Jayalalithaa's statement on 1,000-odd questions framed in the case remained inconclusive. The Chief Minister then filed an appeal in the Supreme Court asking to be excused from the hearing. She said she did not want to inconvenience the people of Bangalore and sought permission to answer questions in writing. The top court turned down her appeal, but said she should be given a date of her choice.
Jayalalithaa did not appear in court today. Instead, she moved an application seeking postponement of the hearing. Her close aide, Sasikala, who has also been named in the case, attended the proceedings.
Jayalalithaa was forced to attend two days of court hearings in Bangalore last month, after the Supreme Court over-ruled her concerns about her security. Around 1500 policemen, National Security Guard (NSG) commandos and a convoy of 20 cars escorted the Chief Minister along a 60-km route from the HAL airport to Bangalore's Central Prison.
The trial court had framed 1,339 questions for Jayalalithaa. She had replied to 567 questions on her last appearances before the court on October 20 and 21.
Supreme Court judges have said that the Bangalore court must finish its questioning of the Chief Minister at her next appearance.
The case against her accuses her of abusing her earlier term in office from 1991-96 to collect wealth that cannot be accounted for. The case was moved from Chennai to Bangalore in 2003 at the request of the DMK, the main Opposition party in Tamil Nadu. It had alleged that a free and fair trial would not be possible in the Chief Minister's home state.
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