Jayalalithaa Appeal

The Madras High Court Wednesday on its own impleaded the Income Tax department to find out the assets and liabilities of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa in an appeal filed by two persons in the case related to the administration of the late leader's properties.

The Madras High Court on Monday asked the Income Tax department, if late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had any legal heir or if she had left behind any will as it adjourned an appeal over a 20-year-old wealth tax case related to her.

The rebel lawmakers of AIADMK have approached the Supreme Court, seeking that their appeal for reinstatement be transferred from the Madras High Court, which gave a split verdict in the case earlier this month

TTV Dhinakaran, who is fighting Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK for the legacy of Jayalalithaa and the two-leaf election symbol, has suffered a setback from the Supreme Court. Following an appeal by the AIADMK, the top court out a freeze on the "pressure cooker" symbol granted to Mr Dhinakaran's party and asked the High Court to settle the issue by Apri...

The award of the AIADMK's two-leaf symbol to Chief Minister E Palaniswami's faction has triggered an automatic depletion in Team Dhinakaran. The expelled number 2 of Tamil Nadu's ruling party, who allegedly bribed Election Commission officials to get the two-leaves symbol, found three of his supporters rushing to declare allegiance to the Chief Min...

After a merger that took hard negotiations and several months to arrive at, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami or EPS and his new deputy O Paneerselvam or OPS, shared stage today exchanging warm words and appealing for unity in the AIADMK in name of Amma or J Jayalalithaa, the party's powerful chief who died in December last year. It was the ...

As superstar Rajinikanth addressed fans on Friday, the last day of his week-long meet-and greet, he made a speech worthy of a political campaign. It was also his most unambiguous signal yet that he is considering a political career. In Tamil Nadu.

Days after her nephew TTV Dinakaran found himself behind bars in Delhi, AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala is making a bid to get out of the Bengaluru jail where she is serving a four-year jail term. On Wednesday, Sasikala filed a review petition against her conviction by the Supreme Court that had hauled her off to jail in February, arguing that...

The Karnataka government moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking a review of its verdict that did not rule on Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa's role in the disproportionate assets case. The state argued that it would be impossible to recover the 100 crore penalty imposed by the court unless she too was held guilty.

Time up, VK Sasikala must surrender in Bengaluru right away, the Supreme Court has told the AIADMK chief, whose lawyers appealed for more time. Ms Sasikala is still in Chennai and will travel the 345 km to Bengaluru by road today escorted by the police from both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to begin a four-year prison term ordered yesterday by the top ...

The pending disproportionate assets case that poses a legal hurdle against VK Sasikala's taking over as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, dates back to 1996. J Jayalalithaa, Ms Sasikala and her two relatives, Ilavarasi and Sudhagaran, had been convicted in the case that alleged that the former Chief Minister owned assets far exceeding her known source...

While doctors have indicated that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is unlikely to leave hospital soon, her party has appealed to supporters to join an online campaign to counter talk of her being seriously unwell.

AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today bore the education expenses of a medical aspirant who had appealed for aid.

Taking up the latest detention of three Tamil Nadu fishermen by Sri Lankan navy, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to secure the release of all 24 fishermen and 93 boats under Lankan custody at the earliest.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on the Karnataka government's appeal challenging acquittal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and three others in a corruption case even as Karnataka sought attachment of assets of the six companies used for channelizing the alleged ill-gotten wealth.

The Madras High Court Wednesday on its own impleaded the Income Tax department to find out the assets and liabilities of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa in an appeal filed by two persons in the case related to the administration of the late leader's properties.

The Madras High Court on Monday asked the Income Tax department, if late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had any legal heir or if she had left behind any will as it adjourned an appeal over a 20-year-old wealth tax case related to her.

The rebel lawmakers of AIADMK have approached the Supreme Court, seeking that their appeal for reinstatement be transferred from the Madras High Court, which gave a split verdict in the case earlier this month

TTV Dhinakaran, who is fighting Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK for the legacy of Jayalalithaa and the two-leaf election symbol, has suffered a setback from the Supreme Court. Following an appeal by the AIADMK, the top court out a freeze on the "pressure cooker" symbol granted to Mr Dhinakaran's party and asked the High Court to settle the issue by Apri...

The award of the AIADMK's two-leaf symbol to Chief Minister E Palaniswami's faction has triggered an automatic depletion in Team Dhinakaran. The expelled number 2 of Tamil Nadu's ruling party, who allegedly bribed Election Commission officials to get the two-leaves symbol, found three of his supporters rushing to declare allegiance to the Chief Min...

After a merger that took hard negotiations and several months to arrive at, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami or EPS and his new deputy O Paneerselvam or OPS, shared stage today exchanging warm words and appealing for unity in the AIADMK in name of Amma or J Jayalalithaa, the party's powerful chief who died in December last year. It was the ...

As superstar Rajinikanth addressed fans on Friday, the last day of his week-long meet-and greet, he made a speech worthy of a political campaign. It was also his most unambiguous signal yet that he is considering a political career. In Tamil Nadu.

Days after her nephew TTV Dinakaran found himself behind bars in Delhi, AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala is making a bid to get out of the Bengaluru jail where she is serving a four-year jail term. On Wednesday, Sasikala filed a review petition against her conviction by the Supreme Court that had hauled her off to jail in February, arguing that...

The Karnataka government moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking a review of its verdict that did not rule on Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa's role in the disproportionate assets case. The state argued that it would be impossible to recover the 100 crore penalty imposed by the court unless she too was held guilty.

Time up, VK Sasikala must surrender in Bengaluru right away, the Supreme Court has told the AIADMK chief, whose lawyers appealed for more time. Ms Sasikala is still in Chennai and will travel the 345 km to Bengaluru by road today escorted by the police from both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to begin a four-year prison term ordered yesterday by the top ...

The pending disproportionate assets case that poses a legal hurdle against VK Sasikala's taking over as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, dates back to 1996. J Jayalalithaa, Ms Sasikala and her two relatives, Ilavarasi and Sudhagaran, had been convicted in the case that alleged that the former Chief Minister owned assets far exceeding her known source...

While doctors have indicated that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is unlikely to leave hospital soon, her party has appealed to supporters to join an online campaign to counter talk of her being seriously unwell.

AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today bore the education expenses of a medical aspirant who had appealed for aid.

Taking up the latest detention of three Tamil Nadu fishermen by Sri Lankan navy, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to secure the release of all 24 fishermen and 93 boats under Lankan custody at the earliest.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on the Karnataka government's appeal challenging acquittal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and three others in a corruption case even as Karnataka sought attachment of assets of the six companies used for channelizing the alleged ill-gotten wealth.