TWISTING OF FACTS
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TWISTING OF FACTS

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha has done it again. She has been adopting delaying tactics, asking for frequent adjournments in the on going disproporionate assets case being tried in a special court in Bangalore. Every time her counsels have failed to convice the trial judge, the High court and even the Supreme Court which got exasperated over the delays and ordered a daily hearing which also is being sctuttled by Sasikala and her battery of lawyers citing health reasons. The recent bombshell is questioining the eligibility of the judge himself as she has now contended the appointment of this judge has not been notified in Government gazette as mandated u/s 3 of Prevention of corruption act. A cursory glance at the relevant section indeed lays down issue of gazette regarding appointment of judge which probably this present judge would not have been officially gazetted. 

the case is heard by a special court to expedite the process of law which itself is being circumvented by the CM and her co accused for the case has been dragging for more than 11 years. The Special courts act 1979 is an act of parliament empowering governments to constitute special courts and sec 3 of the act stipulates such constitution of the courts need to be gazetted and not the appointment of the judges therein who are routinely nominated by the judiciary. The judge need to be a sessions judge in order to be eligible to sit in judgment. The bunch of  cases that need to be heard also is decided by the appointing authority viz Centre or State governments. This new stand of Lawyers of the CM ( probably the legal luminary Cho Ramaswamy could have given this idea to his closest friend) after the case has been heard for 11 years is a mockery of the judicial process. It is high time Supreme Court which has been pontificating on morality in public life to take suo moto cognizance of this bizzare claim and put an end to this twisitng of facts.

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