M K Stalin also opposed the naming of government schemes after her and "the use of taxpayers' money for her 69th birthday celebrations" on Friday.
The dawn-to-dusk bandh called by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in protest against the conviction of J Jayalalithaa in a disproportionate assets case disrupted normal life in Puducherry on Saturday.
Ending three-week long suspense, Karnataka government on Monday decided to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the acquittal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and three others in the disproportionate assets case.
"The Punjab government is running just like the Modi government. Doing headline management to hide its failure. After winning on the slogan of bringing change, it is doing politics of revenge," he also said in a tweet.
Special Public Prosecutor B V Acharya has advised the Karnataka government to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against acquittal of former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa and three others in the disproportionate assets case, saying it was a "fit case" to do so.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supremo Jayalalithaa was acquitted on Monday by the Karnataka high court in the 19-year-old disproportionate assets case, a verdict that is sure to put her back in the Tamil Nadu chief minister's seat.
A case that J Jayalalitha 'does not want' is back and in the Supreme Court. N Sathiya Moorthy reports on the possible repercussions of the disproportionate assets case on Tamil Nadu politics.
Chief Minister K Palaniswami, meanwhile, asserted that the anticipated release of Sasikala would not alter the stand of the AIADM.
Weeks ahead of the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, V K Sasikala, expelled All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader and close aide of late chief minister J Jayalalithaa, on Wednesday announced that "she will stay away from politics," but would pray for the "golden rule" of the late party supremo.
Retail investors have become a force to reckon with in the last 10 years with their ownership of Indian equities rising 800 basis points, or 8 per cent, to 23.4 per cent during this period, suggests a recent note from Morgan Stanley. This number, Morgan Stanley said, is set to rise in the next few years as Indian households are still underinvested in equities. India's demographics, policy framework, investor education and modest positive real rates, it said, will fuel the 'equity cult' in India.
A bench comprising Justice S N Variava and Justice H K Sema said, 'No case is made out by Jayalalithaa for modification of the court's earlier order.'
The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and three others on appeals filed against Karnataka high court order acquitting them in a disproportionate assets case.
Sufficient evidence to support the allegations could not be brought out.
At least 16 persons are believed to have committed suicide either by setting themselves ablaze or by hanging since Saturday when All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief Jayalalithaa was sentenced to a four-year jail term in the disproportionate assets case by a special court in Bangalore.
Unsatiated greed for wealth has facilitated corruption to develop like cancer and the constitutional courts owe a duty to the people of the country to show zero tolerance to corruption and come down heavily against the perpetrators of the crime, the Supreme Court has said.
On a five-day rolling basis, FPI selling is the highest in 24 years.
Dinakaran met Sasikala for the first time after her loyalist E K Palaniswami won the vote of confidence in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on February 18.
The apex court also rejected her plea for an open court hearing of the review petitions.
The Supreme Court on Friday extended till June 16 its order staying the trial in a disproportionate assets case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa by a Bangalore court.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief VK Sasikala has met visitors 12 times in a month at the Parappana Agrahara central jail in Bengaluru.
Vigilance officials on Thursday conducted raids at eight premises of former Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam minister E V Velu in Chennai and Tiruvannamalai districts in connection with a disproportionate assets case.
Commercial banks have turned cautious in lending to smaller microfinance institutions (MFIs), which has compelled the latter to borrow from non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) at much higher rates. Recently Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor M Rajeshwar Rao slammed micro lenders for increasing their margins "disproportionately" and said these lenders were quick to pass on the increased cost to the borrowers but reluctant to pass on the benefits under the new regime, where margins are not capped.
The review petition filed by Sasikala and two others -- V N Sudhakaran, Jayalalithaa's foster son, and Elavarasi, widow of Sasikala's elder brother -- has challenged the setting aside of Karnataka high court verdict acquitting her and restoring the trial court verdict in toto.
The Supreme Court on Thursday clarified that its judgement on former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati was only in Taj Corridor case and it did not go into other aspects including merits of allegation of disproportionate assets amassed by the Bahujan Samaj Party supremo.
Protests by supporters of ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and several other outfits, including party affiliated trade unions intensified across the state against the conviction of Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case, seeking her early release.
A public interest litigation was filed in the Delhi high court on Monday against permission to exchange Rs 2000 banknotes without obtaining any requisition slip and identity proof.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has decided to wind up its probe in the disproportionate assets case against Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati after receiving legal opinion on the Supreme Court orders on the issue.
Could Jayalalithaa remain a defendant to enable the recovery and return of the disproportionate assets in case the high court judgment is overturned?
The Central Bureau of Investigations had registered the case nine years ago charging Thungon with possessing assets disproportionate to his source of income.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday ordered a vigilance probe against former Bahujan Samaj Party minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui and his wife in connection with a disproportionate assets case after Lokayukta recommendations.
Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) chief T T V Dinakaran on Wednesday said he tried his best to persuade his aunt V K Sasikala from 'stepping aside' from politics.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Hyderabad on Thursday extended till February 14 the judicial remand of YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and other accused in connection with the alleged disproportionate assets case.
Her release, however, might be deferred to February 27, 2022 if she does not pay the 'in-default fine amount'. The information regarding this was revealed in a response by the Superintendent, Central Prison, Bengaluru to a Right to Information (RTI) inquiry.
The Thackerays sought dismissal of the PIL on the ground that it was filed on assumptions and without any factual foundation.
A senior Indian Revenue Service officer, Anup Ranjan Rai, has been dismissed from service after his plea against his conviction for amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income was rejected by the Supreme Court
The special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Hyderabad on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of Kadapa MP and YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy till March 20 in the disproportionate assets case against him.
The AIADMK general secretary is currently serving her sentence at the Parapanna Agrahara prison in Bengaluru.
The beleaguered chief of Andhra Pradesh Police V Dinesh Reddy appears to be descending into deeper trouble. The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday formally launched its probe into his alleged disproportionate assets following a Supreme Court order.
Smallcap mutual funds recorded net outflows for the first time in 30 months in March as investors pulled out money after the markets regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), warned against "froth" in the mid and smallcap space. Active equity mutual fund (MF) schemes raked in Rs 22,600 crore in March. The March inflow is 16 per cent lower than the two-year high inflow of Rs 26,860 crore in February, shows data from the Association of MFs in India (Amfi).
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