March 28, 2016 8:07 PM

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Jaya's acquittal order: SC refers plea to other bench

The Supreme court today refers the plea seeking declaration of Karnataka High Court verdict acquitting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in a disproportionate assets case as arbitrary and void to a bench dealing with the matter . <br/><br/>A bench of Apex court also asked petitioner Pandit Paramanand Katara why he had not intervened when the matter was in the High Court.<br/><br/>The petitioner said Karnataka High Court passed a judgement acquitting J Jayalalithaa on May 11, 2015, without jurisdiction and this legal flaw was not pointed out in High Court by both sides lawyers.He sought that his petition be heard by constitutional bench to decide the substantial question of law and to clarify the ambiguity.

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