J Jayalalithaa to stay in jail, bail plea adjourned by Karnataka HC till Tuesday Oct 07,2014

 

In a setback for former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, the vacation bench Karnataka High Court adjourned the hearing of her bail plea to Tuesday Oct 07,2014

Her lawyers filed a plea seeking a speedy hearing of the case against her after the Karnataka High Court had put off her bail plea hearing till Monday.

However, the vacation bench of the HC on Wednesday adjourned the matter to be heard by the regular bench on Tuesday Oct 07,2014

Note

1. J Jayalalithaa(66)was in the middle of her third term as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister when she was convicted last Saturday Sep 27,2014 of corruption in a case that is 18 years old.
2. J Jayalalithaa was found guilty of misusing her office during her first stint from 1991 to 1996 to accumulate vast wealth that could not be accounted for by her declared sources of income. 
3.  J Jayalalithaa says the charges against her are politically motivated.