Jayalalithaa’s death: 4 more witnesses to be examined, will complete work and place report in Assembly, panel tells SC
The Hindu
The proceedings before the Commission were stayed by the Supreme Court in April 2019 after a plea by Apollo Hospitals in Chennai that the panel’s functioning was ‘replete with bias’.
The Justice (retired) A. into the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa told the Supreme Court on Thursday that only four witnesses remain to be examined and the panel should be allowed to complete its work and place its fact-finding report before the State Legislative Assembly.
A Bench headed by Justice Abdul S. Nazeer assured the Commission, represented by senior advocate Ranjit Kumar, that its submissions in this regard would be heard in detail on September 23.
The proceedings before the Commission were stayed by the Supreme Court in April 2019 on the basis of a plea by Apollo Hospitals in Chennai, where Jayalalithaa died in 2016, that the inquiry panel’s functioning was “replete with bias”.