ISAS Briefs

The order by India’s Supreme Court , on 17 October 2014, suspending the sentence and granting bail to Ms J Jayalalitha a , former Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu – in a disproportionate - assets case under the Prevention of Corruption Act – has been greeted with great jubilation all over Tamil Nadu. The S upreme Court, in granting the bail, has asked her counsel to ensure that the appeal is filed in six weeks, and has commented critically on the long time that the trial has taken