{"id":38591,"date":"2017-11-03T18:26:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T12:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/?p=38591"},"modified":"2017-11-03T18:34:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T13:04:57","slug":"sc-dismisses-petition-challenging-commission-inquiry-jayalalithaas-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/top-news-of-the-day\/news\/sc-dismisses-petition-challenging-commission-inquiry-jayalalithaas-death\/","title":{"rendered":"SC dismisses petition challenging commission of inquiry into Jayalalithaa\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"
Above: Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. Photo: Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n The Supreme Court<\/a> on Friday (November 3) dismissed the petition filed by PA Joseph challenging the commission of inquiry set up by the Tamil Nadu government for probing the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief minister J Jayalalithaa. The Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and comprising of Justices DY Chandrachud and AM Khanwilkar dismissed Joseph\u2019s petition who challenged, not the one-judge probe set up by the Tamil Nadu government, but the process involved. The petitioner contended that the inquiry commission was set up without complying with the requirements under Section 3 of the Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952.<\/p>\n Joseph had submitted that as per the provisions of Section 3, of the said Act, the opinion of the government and a resolution passed by the assembly were required to set up such inquiry panels. He also claimed that the government\u2019s order of appointing Justice Arumugaswamy was based only on the opinion of the government and was taken in the absence of any assembly resolution.<\/p>\n