DMK President M Karunanidhi on Tuesday dismissed as 'absolute unadulterated lie' the claim made by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala in a court that he had offered to exclude her from a wealth case against the AIADMK supremo if she turned against her. ...
07:20 PM, Dec 25, 2012
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala Natarajan on Saturday claimed in a special court here that DMK chief M Karunanidhi had in 1996 offered to exclude her from the wealth case against the AIADMK supremo if she turned against her. ...
06:37 PM, Dec 22, 2012
After a gap of over seven months, the recording of the statement of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala Natarajan resumed on Wednesday before the special court trying the disproportionate assets case against them. ...
04:06 AM, Dec 20, 2012
Bangalore: Applications seeking perusal of documents pertaining to the wealth case against Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa were on Wednesday filed in the special court by counsel for her and her aide, co-accused Sasikala Natarajan. Senior counsel B Kumar representing Jayalalithaa and C Manishankhar for Sasikala filed the applications under section 207(5) of the CrPC. At this, assistant special public prosecutor Sandesh Chouta filed a memo stating that he would...
07:17 AM, Apr 19, 2012
Bangalore: Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed the criminal petition filed by Sasikala Natarajan, aide of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and co-accused in the wealth case against her, challenging a lower court order rejecting her plea seeking various documents on the case. Upholding the special court order, Justice N Ananda dismissed the petition. The Special Court had on April 3 rejected the application filed by Sasikala seeking various documents...
12:36 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Bangalore: Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed the criminal petition filed by Sasikala Natarajan, aide of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and co-accused in the wealth case against her, challenging a lower court order rejecting her plea seeking various documents on the case. Upholding the special court order, Justice N Ananda dismissed the petition. The Special Court had on April 3 rejected the application filed by Sasikala seeking various documents...
08:11 PM, Apr 16, 2012
Madurai: The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Tuesday granted to bail to M Natarajan, husband of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's aide Sasikala in one of the five land grabbing cases filed against him. Justice RS Ramanathan gave the order on a bail petition by Natarajan, who was arrested on February 19. He was arrested on a complaint by one Vilar Ramalingam, who alleged that three persons at...
11:09 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Bangalore: The Special Court trying the wealth case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday rejected the application of her aide and co-accused Sasikala Natarajan, seeking various documents filed by the prosecution but not marked as exhibits in court. Special Court judge BM Mallikarjunaiah rejected the application filed by C Manishankhar and adjourned the case to April 12 for further recording of the statement of Sasikala under section 313...
07:53 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Chennai: AIADMK General Secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa met her long-time aide VK Sasikala at her Poes Garden residence on Monday evening, two days after she revoked Sasikala's suspension from the party. Jayalalitha had three months ago expelled Sasikala from the party and her residence. On Saturday, Jayalalithaa revoked the disciplinary action initiated against Sasikala, but reiterated that the action taken against her friend's relatives and close...
10:16 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa revoked the expulsion of close aide Sasikala on Saturday. Jayalalithaa had expelled Sasikala and her relatives from the party membership in December, 2011. Sasikala has, since then, been trying to mend ways with Jayalalithaa. Sasikala had released a statement explaining her innocence and distanced herself from all her relatives who had conspired against Jayalalithaa. She traced her association with Jayalalithaa since...
11:55 AM, Mar 31, 2012
Bangalore: The Special Court on Thursday adjourned the recording of statement of Sasikala Natarajan, estranged aide and co-accused in the wealth case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa till hearing of an application filed by Sasikala's counsel on Friday. When the Special Court commenced proceedings, Sasikala's counsel C Manishankhar filed an application under 207, 243(2) of CrPC read with Rule 2 of Chapter 14 of Karnataka Criminal Rules of...
07:02 PM, Mar 29, 2012
Chennai: In an apparent reconciliation move, a former aide to J Jayalalithaa said on Wednesday that she wants to keep serving the Tamil Nadu chief minister. VK Sasikala said she never dreamt of betraying the trust the former reposed in her and it had shocked her that her relatives had misused the AIADMK leader's position. Sasikala said in a statement that she had severed her connections with her relatives and...
04:42 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Chennai: In an apparent fence-mending move following her expulsion from AIADMK, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's estranged close aide Sasikala on Wednesday said she has snapped ties with all those who had betrayed the party supremo. "It is an unpardonable betrayal by those who claimed to be my relatives and friends to have indulged in activities against Jayalalithaa. Those who betrayed my sister are not needed by me", Sasikala said...
01:21 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Bangalore: Sasikala Natarajan, estranged aide and co-accused in the wealth case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, on Wednesday told the special court that the Chennai Police violated a court order during the raids conducted at the latter's residence in 1996. She was responding to a question regarding valuable watches that were seized during the raids at Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden Residence. Police had violated the court order in taking the...
05:03 AM, Mar 22, 2012
Bangalore: Sasikala Natarajan, estranged aide of Jayalalithaa on Saturday charged police with threatening a witness to frame the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister in a land purchase deal in the wealth case. Deposing before special court judge BM Mallikarjunaiah, trying the disproportionate asset case against Jayalalithaa, Sasikala, the second accused, said the witness, who is the land owner, had given "false evidence" before the court, dragging in Jayalalithaa's name as he...
07:14 PM, Feb 25, 2012
Bangalore: A Bangalore court will resume hearing in the disproportionate assets case and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK Chief Jayalalithaa's former close aide Sasikala will appear for the hearing. In the last hearing, Sasikala reportedly gave a clean chit to the Tamil Nadu chief minister and said she solely to be blamed. Sasikala is also one of the main accused in a case that alleges that the chief minister...
08:58 AM, Feb 23, 2012
Chennai: Adding to the woes of Sasikala and her family, the Chennai Police on Saturday arrested her husband, Natarajan in connection with a land grabbing case. The case was registered against him in Thanjavur. Sasikala was a close confidante of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for several years. However, in December 2011, she expelled her and her relatives from the AIADMK, which political observers say, was a result of unprecedented...
08:18 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Bangalore: A Bangalore court on Saturday adjourned Sasikala Natarajan's hearing in the disproportionate assests case involving her former chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minsiter J Jayalalithaa till February 23. The former aide of the CM broke down in court during her questioning. This was the first time she was being questioned in the disproportionate assets case. Sasikala claimed that Jayalalithaa was not involved in the case. "Jayalalithaa is not involved...
06:01 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Bangalore: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's former aide Sasikala Natarajan broke down in court on Saturday during her questioning in the disproportionate assets case involving Jaya. Sasikala was questioned for the first time in the disproportionate assets case on Saturday. Sasikala claimed that Jayalalithaa was not involved in the case. "Jayalalithaa is not involved in the affairs of partnership. I alone operated the bank account. Jaya was a partner...
12:16 PM, Feb 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain "at this stage" the plea of Sasikala Natarajan, estranged close aide of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to provide her translated copies in Tamil of the proceedings before the special Bangalore trial court in a disproportionate assets case. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and BS Chauhan felt since the trial court had adequate language interpreters there was no...
08:44 PM, Feb 09, 2012
