Setback for Amma after Karnataka moves SC against 'illegal' acquittal

In a setback to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, the Karnataka government on Tuesday challenged her acquittal by the state high court in the illegal wealth case.

In its petition, the Karnataka government called Jayalalithaa’s acquittal as illegal.

Former state advocate general BV Acharya will be the state government's Special Public Prosecutor to argue the case in the apex court.

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham supremo Jayalalithaa was acquitted last month of all corruption charges in the 19-year-old Rs 66.65-crore disproportionate assets case. 

The Karnataka high court on May 12 overturned the trial court’s conviction of Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case, discharging her and three others. The conviction had forced her to resign as CM.

After her acquittal, ?Jayalalithaa took oath as the Tamil Nadu CM on May 23.