The Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court has set up a special bench of Justice CR Kumaraswamy to hear the appeals filed by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and three others who have challenged their conviction in the disproportionate assets case. The special bench has been set up after the Supreme Court, on the 18th of last month, directed the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court to constitute it to hear the Jayalalithaa's appeal. An apex court bench, headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu, had also asked the High Court to hear the case on a day-to-day basis. The appeals have been listed for hearing today.

On October 17, the apex court had granted conditional bail to Jayalalithaa, who was sent to jail by a trial court on September 27, saying that hearing on her appeal against conviction in the High Court should be completed within three months from December 18. The trial court had held Jayalalithaa and three others guilty of corruption. The court had also slapped a fine of 100 crore rupees on the AIADMK chief and 10 crore rupees on each of the three other convicts.