The Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the circumstances leading to the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. [RR Gopaljee v Union of India].A Bench of Acting Chief Justice T Raja and Justice D Krishnakumar told the petitioner, one RR Gopaljee, to first make representations before the CBI and Central and State government authorities..In his plea, Gopaljee had cited details from the Commission of Inquiry headed by former High Court judge Justice Arumugasamy to claim that there were several discrepancies surrounding Jayalalithaa's death.He said that the Commission had also held that there lapses on the part of the hospital where Jayalalithaa was undergoing treatment prior to her death. The Commission had found that the doctors at the private hospital had failed to disclose the facts relating to her medical condition and the course of treatment, Gopaljee said in his plea..Following the public uproar caused by Jayalalithaa's death in December 2016, the State government had constituted the Justice Arumugasamy Commission to probe the circumstances leading to her death.
The Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the circumstances leading to the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. [RR Gopaljee v Union of India].A Bench of Acting Chief Justice T Raja and Justice D Krishnakumar told the petitioner, one RR Gopaljee, to first make representations before the CBI and Central and State government authorities..In his plea, Gopaljee had cited details from the Commission of Inquiry headed by former High Court judge Justice Arumugasamy to claim that there were several discrepancies surrounding Jayalalithaa's death.He said that the Commission had also held that there lapses on the part of the hospital where Jayalalithaa was undergoing treatment prior to her death. The Commission had found that the doctors at the private hospital had failed to disclose the facts relating to her medical condition and the course of treatment, Gopaljee said in his plea..Following the public uproar caused by Jayalalithaa's death in December 2016, the State government had constituted the Justice Arumugasamy Commission to probe the circumstances leading to her death.