Advocate General BV Acharya resigned from his post on Wednesday after he was asked to step down on the grounds that he is also the special public prosecutor (SPP) in a case against Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa.
Acharya, 78, is the SPP in the case wherein Jayalalithaa is accused of possessing assets disproportionate to her known sources of income.
He was sworn in as advocate general on August 6, 2011, after the previous advocate general Ashok Harnahalli resigned. He was appointed as the SPP in the case against Jayalalithaa in 2005.
Acharya said that from the day he was sworn in as advocate general, there was pressure on him to give up one of his assignments.
He said he had been asked to step down from the post of the SPP in the Jayalalithaa case but he did not agree to it. He said then he was asked to step down from the post of advocate general. Acharya said that after he got another call in this regard on Wednesday, within five minutes he tendered his resignation.
He said even a public interest litigation was filed against him for holding two posts. After resigning, he said he felt like a relieved man.
Acharya said he would continue to be the SPP in the case against the Tamil Nadu chief minister.
A heavyweight
Acharya has held the post of advocate general four times altogether.
During his previous stint as the advocate general, he appeared before the Supreme Court regarding many important cases, including the second judges case, which was heard by a bench comprising nine judges.
He has appeared as special public prosecutor in many sensational cases, including Bhadravati Krishna murder case and Hunsekote murder case in Kolar.
Since 2005, he is the special public prosecutor in the case against Jayalalithaa wherein she is accused of possessing assets disproportionate to her known sources of income.
Acharya has also represented the state of Karnataka before the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.
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