{"id":40577,"date":"2015-04-15T16:59:55","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T20:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=40577"},"modified":"2015-04-15T22:02:52","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T02:02:52","slug":"split-verdict-by-supreme-court-in-jayalalithaa-disproportionate-assets-case-rattles-amma-and-worries-her-aiadmk-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=40577","title":{"rendered":"Split Verdict by Supreme Court In Jayalalithaa Disproportionate Assets Case Rattles “Amma” and Worries Her AIADMK Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sandhya Ravishankar<\/strong><\/p>\n

The<\/strong> AIADMK is a worried lot. Especially after the Supreme Court on Wednesday announced a split verdict in a case filed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam\u2019s (DMK) General Secretary Anbazhagan seeking removal of the Special Public Prosecutor Bhavani Singh in Jayalalithaa\u2019s disproportionate assets case, currently on appeal in the Karnataka High Court.<\/p>\n

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Supporters of AIADMK Supremo J Jayalalitha weep after her conditional bail was rejected by the Bangalore court, in Coimbatore on Tuesday. PTI Photo<\/p><\/div>\n

In the verdict by the two-judge bench of the Supreme Court, Justice Madan Lokur said that SPP Bhavani Singh must be removed as SPP since the \u201cproceedings had been vitiated\u201d in the case currently awaiting orders in the Karnataka High Court. Justice Bhanumathi however averred, opining that Singh could continue as prosecutor in the case. The split verdict now means that the case will be re-tried in front of a higher three-judge bench of the Supreme Court. As for Jaya\u2019s appeal in the Karnataka High Court, the SC bench left it to the presiding judge, Justice Kumaraswamy to decide whether to pronounce orders or not.<\/p>\n

Jurists say that it makes sense for the Karnataka High Court judge to wait for resolution of the Singh trial before pronouncing orders. If the new bench of the Supreme Court decides to remove Bhavani Singh as prosecutor, Jaya\u2019s appeal would have to be heard all over again with a new public prosecutor, a process that could drag on by another four months at least. If Bhavani Singh is allowed to continue as Special Public Prosecutor, the Karnataka High Court simply has to deliver its verdict.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be a delay of a month or two,\u201d says Gnani Sankaran, political critic. \u201cUnless of course the Karnataka HC judge decides to pass orders earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n

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What is worrying the AIADMK cadre is the aspect of further delay in a logical conclusion of Jayalalithaa\u2019s case. \u201cOnly Amma can draw crowds, people vote only for Amma,\u201d says a nervous AIADMK district leader on condition of anonymity. \u201cWe simply cannot campaign without her. The opposition parties have already begun canvassing for 2016 elections,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

Jayalalithaa has been closeted inside her Poes Garden residence since October 2014 when she was granted bail on health grounds by the Supreme Court, following her conviction in a Rs 58 crore disproportionate assets case in a Karnataka trial court. The proceedings took 18 long years and the verdict was guilty, with a four year prison term and a fine of Rs 100 crores. After spending 21 days in jail, Jaya was granted bail and has been inside her residence ever since.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is the only campaigner in the party,\u201d explains Sankaran. \u201cShe is the only face of the party. There is no one else. The AIADMK is Jayalalithaa and Jayalalithaa is the AIADMK.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Tamil Nadu heads into a crucial state election in 2016, a much weakened Opposition is now gearing up to make noise. Campaigning has already begun and one of the parties, the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) has already announced its Chief Ministerial candidate for 2016. The AIADMK on the other hand, has been reduced to conducting poojas and prayers at temples, mosques and churches for the release of their leader Amma.<\/p>\n

Outwardly though the AIADMK is playing it cool. \u201cI have been meeting hundreds of workers from the morning and they are all confident that Amma will come out victorious,\u201d says Rabi Bernard, AIADMK MP and a spokesperson. \u201cThis may be a temporary hindrance and everything will be alright. As far as the party\u2019s mood is concerned this does not come as a bottleneck or roadblock for day to day activities. We were hoping everything would happen very soon but it is now only a matter of time,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Senior leaders of the AIADMK though say that the original plan was to push for as speedy a trial as possible and try to get Jaya back in the Chief Minister\u2019s seat before the 2016 election. \u201cWe took the worst case scenario and wanted the appeal in Karnataka High Court to be done by April-May this year. Again in a worst case scenario, if the judgement goes against us, we would have had to move Supreme Court. We calculated that this would take another four months at the most, so by September 2015 she would have been exonerated and back in the Chief Minister\u2019s seat,\u201d said one leader on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

Now the Supreme Court has slammed the brakes on that plan. And the wait for their Amma continues for the AIADMK cadre.<\/p>\n

Courtesy:Swarajyamag<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Sandhya Ravishankar The AIADMK is a worried lot. Especially after the Supreme Court on Wednesday announced a split verdict in a case filed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam\u2019s (DMK) General Secretary Anbazhagan seeking removal of the Special Public Prosecutor Bhavani Singh in Jayalalithaa\u2019s disproportionate assets case, currently on appeal in the Karnataka High Court. …<\/p>\n

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