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Tamil Nadu
By Our Special Correspondent
The special judge-I, R.Rajamanickam, ordered that the questionnaire be returned after due compliance by 5 p.m. tomorrow. The other accused, Ms.Jayalalithaa's close associate, N.Sasikalaa and her relatives, V.N.Sudhagaran and Ilavarasi, have been ordered to come to the court for the questioning. Prosecution evidence in the case was closed with the completion of examination of the investigating officer (IO), N.Nallamma Naidu. When the date for questioning of the accused was taken up, Ms.Jayalalithaa's counsel said after hectic campaigning in Sattankulam for the Assembly byelection, scheduled for February 26, she was laid up with fever. The doctor advised her rest for a few days. Her petition, enclosing a doctor's certificate, seeking to exempt her from personal appearance was submitted by her counsel. She submitted that the court could supply the questionnaire to her counsel and fix the date for returning it with her affidavit. She also submitted a copy of a Supreme Court ruling in support of her contention. In the order, the judge referred to the petitioner's submission that she might undergo hardship while answering questions and said this stand could be accepted, as she had to face nearly 300 questions. Hence, the narration of facts regarding her ill-health satisfied the court of her real difficulties to be present. In the ruling, the Supreme Court said: "If the court is satisfied of the genuineness of the statements made by the accused in the petition, it is open to it to supply the questionnaire to his advocate and fix the time within which the same has to be returned duly answered by the accused together with a properly authenticated affidavit that those answers were given by the accused himself. He should affix the signature on all the sheets of the answered questionnaire". The judge said the petitioner was ready to abide by the above points. The petitioner submitted that no prejudice would be caused to her in any manner by dispensing with her personal appearance, he said allowing the petition. Meanwhile, during re-examination by the prosecution, the IO said the 3-lakh U.S. dollars received by Ms.Jayalalithaa, during her earlier tenure as Chief Minister, was not included as income, as it was not from known sources. After questioning the accused and examining the documents, he came to the conclusion that the amount was not from known sources of income. The Income-Tax department also expressed a similar opinion. The CBI was already conducting a probe in connection with the receipt of the amount.
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