NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, FEB 24
The state government, for the seventh time, gave extension to the Justice Arumughaswamy Commission which was set up in 2017 to inquire into the hospitalisation and death of the former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Monday, on her 72-nd birth anniversary.
The tenure of the commission was last extended on October 24 for six months. Apparently, the Supreme Court, based on a petition filed by the Apollo Hospitals, issued a notice to stay any further proceedings of the inquiry commission.
On April 26, 2019, a bench headed by the then Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and comprising justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, issued notice to stay the proceedings of the commission.
The commission which was set up by the state government in 2017 was again based on the demands made by OPS for a smooth merger.
Apparently, OPS who first raised doubts in the hospitalisation and death of Jayalalithaa is yet to appear before the commission and present his submissions. While OPS was summoned thrice in January and February 2019, the Supreme Court issuing a notice to stay its proceedings has turned into an advantage for OPS and the ruling AIADMK which were always basking to reap on the mystery behind Jayalalithaa’s death. Since April 2019, neither OPS nor the AIADMK government has not moved the Supreme Court to vacate the stay and make the inquiry commission complete the probe. As a result, the Arumughawamy commission has got its extension for the seventh time.
NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, FEB 24
The state government, for the seventh time, gave extension to the Justice Arumughaswamy Commission which was set up in 2017 to inquire into the hospitalisation and death of the former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Monday, on her 72-nd birth anniversary.
The tenure of the commission was last extended on October 24 for six months. Apparently, the Supreme Court, based on a petition filed by the Apollo Hospitals, issued a notice to stay any further proceedings of the inquiry commission.
On April 26, 2019, a bench headed by the then Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and comprising justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, issued notice to stay the proceedings of the commission.
The commission which was set up by the state government in 2017 was again based on the demands made by OPS for a smooth merger.
Apparently, OPS who first raised doubts in the hospitalisation and death of Jayalalithaa is yet to appear before the commission and present his submissions. While OPS was summoned thrice in January and February 2019, the Supreme Court issuing a notice to stay its proceedings has turned into an advantage for OPS and the ruling AIADMK which were always basking to reap on the mystery behind Jayalalithaa’s death. Since April 2019, neither OPS nor the AIADMK government has not moved the Supreme Court to vacate the stay and make the inquiry commission complete the probe. As a result, the Arumughawamy commission has got its extension for the seventh time.
