K’taka yet to take call on Jaya’s acquittal plea

Bengaluru, May 22

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said the state government was yet to decide on filing an appeal in the Supreme Court against acquittal of J Jayalalithaa.

"We have not yet taken any decision; ...law department is examining, they are studying the judgment, we will take a decision after getting inputs from them," Siddaramaiah said.

"We will consider the opinion of special public prosecutor BV Acharya and also the opinion from the Law Department and the Advocate General and then take a decision," he told reporters in New Delhi.

Responding to a question, he said he had not contacted the party (Congress) high command on the issue. The Karnataka High Court gave a clean chit to the AIADMK chief and three others, clearing them of "all charges" in the 19-year-old case on May 11, paving the way for return of Jayalalithaa. Advocate General Ravivarma Kumar said: "The judgment has flaws, so appeal has to be filed. I have advised the government that as Karnataka is the sole prosecutor, it has to file an appeal." — PTI