Providing no relief to jailed Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa , the Karnataka high court on Wednesday deferred the hearing on her bail petition to October 7.
The vacation bench of the high court said Wednesday that her bail plea along with the revision petitions challenging her convictions in the disproportionate assets case will be heard by a regular bench next Tuesday.
"In my considered opinion, this is a matter to be heard by the regular bench," the judge said.
Just a day earlier, the HC had agreed to hear her appeal on a priority basis after her lawyers approached the high court registrar and the chief justice against the judge's order deferring the case.
Jaya's lawyers submitted that the matter should be treated as an exception as the continued incarceration of Jayalalithaa was causing law and order problems in Tamil Nadu.They also argued that the AIADMK leader's health was unstable.
Jaya refuses to meet Panneerselvam
Former Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa on Wednesday refused to meet O Panneerselvam, the man she has entrusted with the job of holding the CM's chair until she gets the relief she's hoping for from the court.
Panneerselvam was camping in the city since Monday evening for a chance to meet his jailed leader and seek her blessings. He landed in the city shortly after he was administered the oath of office by the Tamil Nadu governor.
He returned disappointed after jail authorities told him that Jayalalithaa had refused to meet him. Jail sources told HT that her cell is far from the visitor's area and she was not in a physical state to walk the distance.
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