A day after getting bail from Supreme Court in disproportionate assets case, AIADMK supremo and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa walked out of Parappana Agrahara Central Prison on Saturday.
A huge convoy escorted the AIADMK chief out of Bangalore jail. Jayalalithaa will take a private flight from HAL airport to Chennai, where thousands of party workers are waiting to welcome her.
Since yesterday, the AIADMK supporters have been celebrating on the streets of Chennai. The party cadre burst crackers, dancing on the sweets and distributed sweets to welcome the bail order.
Along with the AIADMK chief, other three convict- Sasikala Natrajan, VK Sudhakaran and J Ilavarasi – have also been granted bail by the apex court.
An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu said that all four will be released on bail subject to the satisfaction of the condition by the trial court.
Jayalalithaa’s counsel Fali Nariman represented her in the top court.
The apex court passed its order after Jayalalithaa’s counsel assured that her client won’t take any adjournment in the Karnataka High Court and will file paperbook of her appeal within two months.
“If the paperbook is not filed within two months, then we won’t give you even a single day more,” the SC bench said.
After filing of all the relevant documents, the SC will ask the high court to expedite and complete the hearing on the appeal within three months.