Supreme Court junks plea by Jayalalithaa heir to return confiscated assets in DA case
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Supreme Court dismisses plea for return of Jayalalithaa's confiscated properties, clarifies abatement doesn't imply acquittal.
The Supreme Court on Friday (February 14, 2025) dismissed a plea filed by the legal heir of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa seeking the return of the properties confiscated in a case against her and said abatement of proceedings did not mean she was acquitted of the crime.
A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma referred to its observations in the 2017 judgment in State of Karnataka v. J Jayalalithaa where proceedings stood abated as she died during the pendency of the appeal.
"It should imply that further consideration of the case with regard to the correctness of the judgment of the high court, acquitting the accused number 1 (Jayalalithaa) would not be taken further by this court. However, abatement would not imply that the judgment of the high court has attained finality," it added.
The top court was hearing a plea filed by Jayalalithaa's niece claiming right over the confiscated property belonging to her in the disproportionate assets (DA) case in which she was indicted by the Supreme Court.
On January 29, a special CBI court ordered the transfer of all confiscated assets belonging to Jayalalithaa to the Tamil Nadu government.
The decision came after the Karnataka High Court on January 13 dismissed a plea by Jayalalithaa’s niece and nephew, J Deepa and J Deepak, who staked claim to the properties as her legal heirs.
Jayalalithaa was convicted in the DA case, where she was found guilty of amassing wealth beyond her known sources of income.
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