PIL filed to forbear TN from observing Dec 5 as Jaya's death

A PIL has been filed in the Madras High Court to forbear the Tamil Nadu government from observing December 5 as the death anniversary of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa till the one-man commission of inquiry declares the official date of demise.
In his plea, Advocate R Kumaravel said Chief Minister K Palaniswami had announced that the government would observe the death anniversary on December 5.
The petitioner said he has no objection to the chief minister or his party (AIADMK) observing the death anniversary on a party basis.
But the government shall not officially declare and observe the "disputed date of death" of Jayalalithaa till the Justice A Arumughaswamy commission of inquiry declares it, he submitted.

In his plea, Kumaravel submitted that on November 22 he had filed an affidavit before the commission of inquiry to call for records of original thumb impressions that were affixed on the nomination papers of the AIADMK candidate A K Bose for Tirupparangundram bypoll in November, 2016.
The petitioner further submitted that those impressions first be sent to the forensic sciences department for finding the basic truth whether she was alive or dead on October 27 last year and after availing proof from fingerprints' and forensic experts.
It should defer from observing the death anniversary either till the Commission declared the date of death or results were obtained from forensic tests on her finger prints, he submitted.

The state government had on September 25 announced setting up of the inquiry commission, headed by the retired high court judge, to probe the circumstances leading to the hospitalisation and death of Jayalalithaa on December 5 last year after 75 days of treatment at Apollo Hospitals here.