Bangalore, Oct 1 (DHNS) : Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa will stay in Bangalore jail at least till Tuesday as the special bench of the Karnataka High Court deferred the hearing on her criminal appeal to Oct 7.
The HC registry constituted a special vacation bench headed by Justice Rathnakala to hear the criminal appeal by Jayalalithaa, seeking immediate bail and suspension of conviction and jail sentence in the graft case, based on the request of team of lawyers headed by Ram Jethmalani.
Lawyer for Jayalalithaa, Ram Jethmalani approached the the court Registrar for an urgent hearing in the matter after the vacation bench of the court Tuesday morning posted the hearing to Oct 6.