Karnataka government to appeal against Jayalalithaa’s acquittal in disproportionate assets case

A cabinet meeting of the Congress government in Karnataka Monday cleared a decision to file an appeal before the Supreme Court against the acquittal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in a disproportionate assets case. Jayalalithaa, who was handed a four-year prison term by a trial court in September 2014, was acquitted by the Karnataka High Court on May 11. Following the acquittal, Special Public Prosecutor in the case B V Acharya recommended filing an appeal in the Supreme Court. The decision was also whetted by state advocate general Ravi Varma Kumar. On Monday, the state cabinet took a formal decision to file the appeal.   Indian Express