New Delhi: In the 43rd birthday of her party, the AIADMK, the Supreme Court on Friday granted bail two months and J Jayalalithaa suspended the judgment of Karnataka High Court against former chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
"He was granted bail because the The Karnataka High Court had not yet decided whether Jayalalithaa's sentence should be suspended," senior lawyer and petitioner in the case, Subramanian Swamy, told reporters at the Supreme Court, adding that the AIADMK leader has asked to remain confined to her residence for bail.
The Jayalalithaa bail, granted on the party in power in Tamil Nadu celebrates its 43rd Foundation Day was greeted by animated by party workers statewide celebrations.
A trial court in Bangalore on September 27 Jayalalithaa had pleaded guilty in the 18-year-old case of possessing assets worth over Rs.66 million rupees disproportionate relative to their known sources of income during his first term as prime minister from 1991-1996.
The former chief minister of Tamil Nadu has been in prison in Bangalore for nearly two weeks after he was sentenced to four years in prison and a fine of Rs 100 crore last month.
Jayalalithaa had moved the apex court on October 9 after the High Court of Karnataka on October 7 rejected his request for bail, as well as other convicts Sasikala Natrajan, VK Sudhakaran and Ilavarasi J. The court held that there were no grounds for granting bail.
Besides health reasons, 66-year-old leader had invoked Section 389 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking suspension of sentence and grant of bail to the processing of his appeal against the order conviction court and condemn it in the case.
The high court had relied on the apex court orders since ruled that the phrase put on hold after an appeal is filed against the order of the trial court was not automatic. It said the request for bail after conviction was different from the request bail while the trial was underway.
He also cited the apex court ruling that "corruption is tantamount to violation of human rights and leads to economic imbalances."
In the 43rd birthday of her party, the AIADMK, the Supreme Court granted bail to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa who has been in jail in Bangalore for nearly two weeks after he was convicted in a corruption case and sentenced to four years in prison last month.
Jayalalithaa had moved the apex court on October 9 after the High Court of Karnataka on October 7 rejected his request for bail, as well as other convicts Sasikala Natrajan, VK Sudhakaran and Ilavarasi J. The court held that there were no grounds for granting bail.
Besides health reasons, 66-year-old leader had invoked Section 389 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking suspension of sentence and grant of bail to the processing of his appeal against the order conviction court and condemn it in the case.
The high court had relied on the apex court orders since ruled that the phrase put on hold after an appeal is filed against the order of the trial court was not automatic. It said the request for bail after conviction was different from the request bail while the trial was underway.
He also cited the apex court ruling that "corruption is tantamount to violation of human rights and leads to economic imbalances."
A trial court in Bangalore on September 27 Jayalalithaa condemned the 18-year-old case of possessing assets worth over Rs.66 million rupees disproportionate relative to their known sources of income during his first term as prime minister from 1991-1996.
