Three more prosecution witnesses, including a woman, in the Sankararaman murder case, in which Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi and his junior Vijayendra Saraswathi are the main accused, turned hostile during the trial in a local court on Thursday.
Four more witnesses turned hostile on Thursady during their examination in a Puducherry court in the trial of Sankararaman murder case in which Kanchi Sankaracharyas Jayendra Saraswathi and his deputy Vijayendra Saraswathi are the prime accused.
The huge treasures found in Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram were the "exclusive property" of Travancore royal family that dedicated their kingdom to the presiding deity of the temple, Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi said on Tuesday.
Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi and eight others were on Friday acquitted of all charges, including attempt to murder, in the 2002 the auditor Radhakrishnan assault case.
The amount has been sanctioned from the chief minister's relief fund.
V Arumugham, III Additional District Judge, adjourned the proceedings after Public Prosecutor of Puducherry K Shanmugham informed the Judge that the territorial government had apprised the Supreme Court of the process of appointment of the Public Prosecutor for the case. The seer had challenged the continuance of Public Prosecutors appointed by TN government to conduct the trial even after the case was transferred from a Kancheepuram court to Puducherry by the apex court.
Seven months after it challenged the bail granted to Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi in the Radhakrishnan assault case, the Tamil Nadu government on Monday withdrew its appeal in the Supreme Court.
Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi, prime accused in the Sankararaman murder case, on Friday refuted allegations that he had attempted to influence the judge hearing the case.
The case, pending before Principal Sessions Judge, Chengalpet, was transferred to Principal Sessions Judge, Pondicherry.
Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi will present a 11.5-kg gold crown to the hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara on Thursday.
In a huge relief to the pontiffs of Kanchi Sankara Mutt, Jayendra Saraswathi and Vijayendra Saraswathi, a local court on Wednesday acquitted them in the murder case of a temple official in Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu.
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