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The Special Court hearing the disproportionate asset case against former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today allowed its office time till April 26 to carry out corrections made to the witness statements by the court appointed interpreter.
The counsel for the defendant, after a High Court directive, had pointed several ‘defects’ in the translated version of the statements made by the 259 witnesses and the court had appointed an interpreter for the work.
Earlier, Defence counsel Navaneethakrishnan had argued that the corrections made to the translated version of the witness statements should be incorporated in the original translated version, but the court had rejected the plea.
Today, when the trial was taken up, Special Court Judge Justice B M Mallikarjunaiah allowed a week’s time to the office of the court to finalise the corrections and adjourned the case to April 26.
The defence counsel said a memo had been filed before the High Court on behalf of Ms Jayalalithaa, challenging the trial court’s rejection of his prayer to effect the corrections in the original translation of the statements made by the witnesses.
"Now, we have sought for a direction by the High Court on this matter. Whether the corrections on the defects in the translation version, as pointed out by us be incorporated in it, or the corrections are merely placed along with the original translated version, would be decided by the High court when the case comes up tomorrow," he said.
The counsel for the defendant, after a High Court directive, had pointed several ‘defects’ in the translated version of the statements made by the 259 witnesses and the court had appointed an interpreter for the work.
Earlier, Defence counsel Navaneethakrishnan had argued that the corrections made to the translated version of the witness statements should be incorporated in the original translated version, but the court had rejected the plea.
Today, when the trial was taken up, Special Court Judge Justice B M Mallikarjunaiah allowed a week’s time to the office of the court to finalise the corrections and adjourned the case to April 26.
The defence counsel said a memo had been filed before the High Court on behalf of Ms Jayalalithaa, challenging the trial court’s rejection of his prayer to effect the corrections in the original translation of the statements made by the witnesses.
"Now, we have sought for a direction by the High Court on this matter. Whether the corrections on the defects in the translation version, as pointed out by us be incorporated in it, or the corrections are merely placed along with the original translated version, would be decided by the High court when the case comes up tomorrow," he said.
