Telangana News

Referring to the petition filed on Tamil Nadu late CM Jayalalithaa’s death, Madras High Court today issued a notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, state and Central governments and others. "Why can't we order exhumation of the body of Jayalalithaa," the court questioned.

After 75 days of hospitalization, it was on December 5th, the hospital authorities declared the death news of Jayalalithaa. A vacation bench of the court said, “Even we have our doubts about that.”

Justice S Vaidyanathan and Justice Parthiban, on the vacation bench, hearing a PIL of AIADMK party worker PA Joseph, said, “We also saw in newspapers that the chief minister was recovering, and that she was eating, signing papers and even conducting meetings. And then suddenly she was dead.”

The bench further questioned about the non-existence of the medical records. “Why not, at least after her death, some proof was given,” the bench asked. 

Issuing the notices to Modi, and state and Central governments, the bench further adjourned the case to January 9th. Joseph wants the court to appoint a committee comprising 3 retired judges of the Supreme Court to go into the medical records relating to treatment given to Jayalalithaa.