From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore
 
Bangalore, Nov 21: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa will appear before Special Court Judge B M Mallikarjunaiah in Bangalore on Tuesday for the third time in the Rs 66 crore disproportionate assets case against her.

The AIADMK supremo, who had appeared in the make-shift Special Court in the high security Central Jail in Parappana Agrahara in the city outskirts on October 20 and 21, had answered about 570 of the over 1200 questions framed by the Judge in the 15-year-old case.

However, when the Court posted the date for further hearing on November 8 to continue the questioning, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister moved the Supreme Court seeking exemption from personal appearance stating she would furnish written replies.

The Supreme Court, however, rejected her plea and directed the Bangalore
special court to complete the recording of her statement in a day or two during her next appearance.

After the Supreme Court’s orders, the Special Court had on November 8 fixed the next hearing to November 22 for resumption of recording of Jayalalithaa’s statement.

The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has been charged with accumulation of wealth disproportionate to her known sources of income when she was the Chief Minister during 1991-96.

The trial was transferred from a Chennai court to Bangalore in 2003 by the Supreme Court on a petition by DMK General Secretary K Anbazhagan.