Jayalalitha’s Bail Application, Appeal to be heard tomorrow in Karnataka High Court

After initially remanding the matter for next week, the Karnataka High Court will take up the former Chief Minister’s bail application and appeal tomorrow at 10:30 in the morning..The matter was mentioned by Senior Advocate Ram Jethmalani before the Chief Justice DH Waghela today, following which a Bench was constituted to hear the matter tomorrow..On Saturday, Jayalalitha had been convicted by a Special Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to a jail term of four years, with a fine of Rs. 100 crore.Earlier today, when the matter came up before Justice Ratnakala, the Special Public Prosecutor in the trial court, Bhavani Singh informed the Court that he had not received any official notification appointing him as the government’s advocate in the appeal before the High Court. Therefore, he had requested the court for more time to file objections to the bail application. The judge had then adjourned the matter for October 6 subsequent to which Jethmalani mentioned the matter before the Chief Justice and got it listed for tomorrow..O Panneerselvam, Jayalalitha’s successor, was spotted among the AIADMK faithful gathered around the premises, and was optimistic about the party leader’s chances of making bail..(HT to Ashish Dixit for the tip)