SC allows withdrawal of London Hotel case against Jaya

AIADMK Chief J Jayalalithaa on Friday got a major relief from the Supreme Court which allowed withdrawal of the 'London Hotel case' against her in which she was accused of illegally acquiring property abroad. The apex court order came on an application filed by the Tamil Nadu Government after it received an opinion from the Special Public Prosecutor that the charges against the former Chief Minister were likely to fall for paucity of evidence and it would be proper to withdraw the prosecution case. The trial of the case, which was transfered to Bangalore along with the 'wealth case" against Jayalalitha, was stayed by the Supreme Court. Allowing the application of the state government, a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrihanan said, "Interim stay would not stand in the way of considering the application on merit". Senior advocate B V Acharya, who was appointed as a Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) by Karnataka Government after the trial of case was shifted from Chennai to Bangalore on Supreme Court's order, had sent a communication to the Tamil Nadu government asking it to seek permission of the apex court to withdraw the London Hotel case. He had said that on perusal of the statement of the investigating officer in the case and statements recorded during the investigation, the involvement of Jayalalithaa was "ruled out" in the case.

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