Court allows recall of 45 witnesses in Jayalalithaa case

A special court here trying a disproportionate assets case against former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa today allowed an application by the prosecution to recall 45 witnesses for cross examination.

Special court judge MB Mallikarjunaiah passed the order on the application filed by special public prosecutor BV Acharya to recall the witnesses, who had turned hostile.

The prosecution case was that Jayalalithaa had amassed wealth disproportionate to her known sources of income to the extent of Rs66 crore when she was the chief minister during 1991-96.

The supreme court had earlier directed the judge to permit the prosecution to recall the witnesses who had turned hostile
and cross-examine them.

The judge adjourned the case to March 3, 2010.