HC Division Bench stays order to surrender ‘Veda Nilayam’ keys
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The first Division Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday stayed the operation of an order handed by a single choose on Wednesday directing the State authorities to surrender with the Registrar General of the courtroom the keys of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s Poes Garden residence ‘Veda Nilayam’, which had been transformed right into a memorial since Thursday.
Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy granted the interim keep after Advocate General Vijay Narayan identified to the courtroom that the property was by no means in possession of the authorized heirs J. Deepa and J. Deepak, the niece and nephew of Jayalalithaa. He stated the federal government had acquired it in accordance with legislation.
Filing an attraction in opposition to the one choose’s order, the State contended that keys of ‘Veda Nilayam’ had been within the custody of the Collector of Chennai for lengthy and therefore there was no necessity to disturb such a established order. The single choose’s order was handed on writ petitions most well-liked by the authorized heirs, who had challenged the acquisition proceedings and the award of ₹67 crore.
Mr. Narayan stated Ms. Deepa and Ms. Deepak have been declared authorized heirs when the acquisition proceedings have been midway by means of. Nevertheless, the federal government had given them adequate alternative to current their objections to the acquisition, thought of these objections after which arrived at a choice that the acquisition was completely essential in public curiosity.
After listening to the A-G and Additional Advocate General S.R. Rajagopal, the Division Bench ordered issuance of notices, returnable by Wednesday, to the authorized heirs on the appeals most well-liked by the State.
It was made clear that the opposite parts of the one choose’s order with respect to not opening the memorial for public view and never letting anybody contained in the constructing could be in pressure till additional orders.
