The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a special leave petition filed by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa against a Bangalore special court order directing her to appear before it on November 8 for answering the remaining questions under section 313 Cr.P.C. in the disproportionate assets case.
The SLP was listed on Thursday for ‘mentioning' before a three-judge Bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice Dipak Misra.
Justice Thakur told counsel that he was recusing himself from the case.
Justice Bhandari said that the SLP would be heard on Friday by another Bench (most likely Justice Bhandari and Justice Misra).
In her SLP, Ms. Jayalalithaa stated that the Special Court had formulated 1,339 questions and she had answered 567.
Owing to the large number of questions it the court could not conclude the examination in two days.
“The court proposes to continue the examination for many more days. It has now postponed further examination to November 8.”
Seeking stay of the order directing her appearance on November 8, she said that her statement could be recorded in writing for the remaining questions as contemplated under Section 313 (5) Cr.P.C.
