L Nageswara Rao, who's now a judge in the Supreme Court, had been a lawyer from September 2014 until April 2016 of late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and new party general secretary Sasikala in the 1996 disproportionate assets case. So long as he argued their case, things were fine. He took up their case after the duo's conviction by the Bengaluru trial court in September 2014. He argued on their behalf in the High Court and had them acquitted. When the appeal came up in Supreme Court, Rao argued for Jayalalithaa until April 2016 but had to leave the case midway since his elevation as a judge of the apex court was in the offing. Rao was appointed a judge in May 2016, and was, of course, no more on their side when the apex court convicted Sasikaka on Tuesday.
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By IndianMandarins - 2017-02-16 12:08:30
L Nageswara Rao, who's now a judge in the Supreme Court, had been a lawyer from September 2014 until April 2016 of late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and new party general secretary Sasikala in the 1996 disproportionate assets case. So long as he argued their case, things were fine. He took up their case after the duo's conviction by the Bengaluru trial court in September 2014. He argued on their behalf in the High Court and had them acquitted. When the appeal came up in Supreme Court, Rao argued for Jayalalithaa until April 2016 but had to leave the case midway since his elevation as a judge of the apex court was in the offing. Rao was appointed a judge in May 2016, and was, of course, no more on their side when the apex court convicted Sasikaka on Tuesday.
