Jayalalithaa’s bail plea hearing in Karnataka High Court tomorrow

New Delhi: A special bench of the Karnataka High Court will hear AIADMK supreme Jayalalithaa’s bail plea hearing on Wednesday, hours after it deferred the hearing.

In her petitions seeking immediate bail and challenging her sentence, Jayalalithaa has maintained that the charges of amassing wealth against her were false and that she had acquired property through legal means.

Jayalalitha has also contended that the trial court has overlooked several judgements and has not considered the binding nature of various income tax orders and decisions of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, which had accepted the income and the level of expenditure pleaded by her.

The former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's aide Sasikala, her relatives V N Sudhakaran, disowned son of the former Chief Minister, and Ilavarasi have also moved the High Court seeking bail and challenging their conviction.

In the verdict that cost Jayalalithaa the Chief Minister's job and disqualified her from being an MLA, the judge had also slapped a staggering fine of Rs 100 crore on her and Rs 10 crore each on the three other accused persons.

In her appeal, Jayalalithaa pleaded for suspension of the conviction and the sentence and also refused to pay the Rs 100 crore fine imposed on her.

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu film industry is on a hunger strike in Chennai to protest against the arrest of the former CM. Cinema theatres in Chennai to remain shut today.