The Karnataka government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court against the acquittal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa by the High Court in the 18-year-old disproportionate assets (DA) case.

 

The government said a serious totalling mistake led to her acquittal.

 

Karnataka Advocate-General Ravivarma Kumar had cautioned the government that it would be a “great travesty of justice” to allow the acquittal of Ms.Jayalalithaa to become “final” by not appealing against the verdict in the Supreme Court.

 

The clinching argument

 

The value of disproportionate assets was Rs. 2.82 crore and this value was not enough to convict them on charges of corruption, said Justice C.R. Kumaraswamy in his verdict while disagreeing with the verdict of the Special Court, which had computed the value of DA at Rs. 53.6 crore.

(The Hindu)