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Judgment highlights

  • TANSI land not a government property.

  • No pecuniary loss to government, no pecuniary gain to the accused.

  • Jayalalithaa not guilty of offences under Section 169 of Indian Penal Code barring public servants from bidding for government properties.

  • Sasikalaa and others not guilty of abetment charge.

  • Jayalalithaa not guilty of breach of trust charge.

  • Evidence does not establish the ingredient of dishonest disposal or conversion of property for personal use.

  • None of the offences charged against the accused are established.

  • Code of Conduct has no statutory status.

  • Although not guilty, ready government approval was given to the sale of TANSI land to a firm of which Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was a partner.

  • Jayalalithaa to return the property to TANSI unconditionally and ponder over whether it was right to breach the spirit of the Code giving rise to suspicion.

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