Jayalalithaa's Residence 'Veda Nilayam': Madras High Court Allows State Govt. To Inaugurate Memorial, Prohibits Public Entry
4 years, 1 month ago

Jayalalithaa's Residence 'Veda Nilayam': Madras High Court Allows State Govt. To Inaugurate Memorial, Prohibits Public Entry

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday allowed the State Government to move ahead with the inauguration event of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's residence 'Veda Nilayam' as a memorial. The matter before the Court The petitioners, Deepak and Deepa, preferred separate writ petitions challenging the notification for acquisition of the residence of the former Chief Minister of the State, Late. Importantly, the Court noted, "So far as movable properties of late Ms.J.Jayalalitha are concerned, they are not even valued, and it is unfair and impermissible for the Government to declare open 'Veda Nilayam' as a memorial when the entire acquisition proceedings is not yet complete." Here, this Court finds no provision in the said Act enabling the Government to appropriate the movables belonging to late Chief Minister without awarding compensation to the parties to who they belong."

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Jayalalithaa memorial in Kodanad to be open to the public, says V.K. Sasikala, after laying foundation stone
1 year, 2 months ago

Jayalalithaa memorial in Kodanad to be open to the public, says V.K. Sasikala, after laying foundation stone

The Hindu  

A memorial of former T.N. Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, for which the foundation was laid at the Kodanad Estate in Kil Kotagiri, on Friday, January 19, 2024, will, upon completion, be open to the public to pay their respects, according to the late CM’s former aide V.K. Speaking to reporters after laying the foundation stone for the memorial, Ms. Sasikala, said …

Madras High Court Sets Aside Acquisition Proceedings Of Former CM Jayalalithaa's 'Veda Nilayam' Residence; Property To Be Handed Over To Legal Heirs
3 years, 4 months ago

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Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday set aside the land acquisition proceedings of former CM J Jayalalithaa's residence, 'Veda Nilayam', at Poe's Garden, Chennai. The single bench of Justice N Seshasayee has allowed the petitions filed by J. Deepak and J. Deepa, both the children of Late Jayalalithaa's brother, challenging the Tamil Nadu Government order for acquiring 'Veda Nilayam'. On …

Madras HC quashes order converting Jayalalithaa's Chennai residence ‘Veda Nilayam’
3 years, 4 months ago

Madras HC quashes order converting Jayalalithaa's Chennai residence ‘Veda Nilayam’

Firstpost  

The court also permitted the Income Tax department to recover dues running to several crores of rupees from the petitioners The Madras High Court on Wednesday set aside an order of the previous AIADMK regime to convert late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s residence, ‘Veda Nilayam’ here as a memorial. The court also permitted the Income Tax department to …

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3 years, 4 months ago

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News 18  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday set aside an order of the previous AIADMK regime to convert late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s residence, ’Veda Nilayam’ here as a memorial. After cancelling the conversion order dated July 22, 2020 of the Land Acquisition officer in Guindy under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and …

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3 years, 4 months ago

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News 18  

Reversing the former AIADMK government’s decision to acquire Veda Nilayam, the residence of ex-CM J Jayalalithaa, the Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered that the property should go to her legal heirs, J Deepa and J Deepak. Justice N Seshasayee ordered the state government to hand over the property to the former chief minister’s niece and nephew in three weeks. …

Jayalalithaa’s Poes Garden House to Be Handed Over to Niece & Nephew: Madras HC
3 years, 4 months ago

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The Quint  

An amount of Rs 67.9 crore which was deposited by the government as purchase price for the residence can also be recovered. In January this year, the then AIADMK government had sought to throw open Veda Nilayam to the public. However, after Deepa and Deepak moved court, filing separate petitions, Justice N Seshasayee ordered that the inauguration ceremony alone can …

Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden residence unveiled as memorial day after Sasikala walks free
4 years, 1 month ago

Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden residence unveiled as memorial day after Sasikala walks free

India TV News  

The opening ceremony of 'Veda Nilayam' memorial, the residence of late Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo, J Jayalalithaa was held here on Thursday. In a simple function, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami unveiled a plaque that declared the Veda Nilayam residence where the late leader lived -in posh Poes Garden area- a memorial in her honour and following takeover …

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News 18  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday inaugurated former CM J Jayalalithaa’s Poes Garden residence ‘Veda Nilayam’ as a memorial after the Madras High Court gave its nod for the ceremony. The memorial was inaugurated a day after Jayalalithaa’s close confidante VK Sasikala was freed from a Bengaluru jail after four years of imprisonment in Rs 66-crore disproportionate …

Gold and Silver: What’s there in Jayalalithaa’s ‘Open’ House?
4 years, 1 month ago

Gold and Silver: What’s there in Jayalalithaa’s ‘Open’ House?

The Quint  

Justice N Seshasayee said, “Once the function is over, the district collector, or an official who has the custody of the keys of the entire premises shall hand over the same to the registrar general of this court, since the valuable movables of Jayalalithaa to which the petitioners are now the heirs, must be valued.” The main gate to the …

Tamil Nadu govt to unveil Jayalalithaa's residence as memorial on January 28
4 years, 2 months ago

Tamil Nadu govt to unveil Jayalalithaa's residence as memorial on January 28

India Today  

The Tamil Nadu government, in a print Earlier, the E Palaniswami-led government in Tamil Nadu government had taken possession of 'Veda Nilayam' through a promulgated ordinance and after a 3-year legal battle with Jayalalitha's niece and nephew to convert the former CM's home into a memorial. The 24,000 sq ft residence of Jayalalithaa was one place where not even the …

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India Today  

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Jayalalithaa's Legal Heir Deepa Moves HC, Challenges Proposed Acquisition of 'Veda Nilayam' by TN Govt
4 years, 7 months ago

Jayalalithaa's Legal Heir Deepa Moves HC, Challenges Proposed Acquisition of 'Veda Nilayam' by TN Govt

News 18  

Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's legal heir J Deepa has moved the Madras High Court, challenging the proposed acquisition of Veda Nilayam her late aunts Poes Garden residence by the Tamil Nadu government to convert it into a memorial. The primary grounds of her challenge were that the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, does not empower the state government …

TN Govt Lists Jaya's Movable, Immovable Items at 'Veda Nilayam' Residence
4 years, 7 months ago

TN Govt Lists Jaya's Movable, Immovable Items at 'Veda Nilayam' Residence

News 18  

Nearly 4 kg gold, 601 kg silver, over 8,300 books, 10,438 dress material and other cloth and puja items are among the numerous things that figure in the exhaustive list of movable and immovable properties in late Chief Minister J Jayalalitha's Poes Garden residence here. The late AIADMK supremo had lived at 'Veda Nilayam,' three-storeyed building, before she breathed her …

Jaya not a convict, no bar on memorial for her: Tamil Nadu government to High Court
6 years, 3 months ago

Jaya not a convict, no bar on memorial for her: Tamil Nadu government to High Court

India TV News  

The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday contended in the Madras High Court that late chief minister Jayalalithaa was not a convict in the wealth case as the Supreme Court had abated charges against her and hence, there was no bar on constructing a memorial for her. Countering the petition, the AG submitted Jayalalithaa was acquitted by the Karnataka High Court …

Madras HC issues notice to Tamil Nadu govt on Jayalalithaa's residence; seeks response on petition by 23 October
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Firstpost  

The Madras High Court on Monday issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu government on a petition challenging the latter’s proposal to convert the Poes Garden residence of Jayalalithaa into a memorial. Chennai: The Madras High Court on Monday issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu government on a petition challenging the latter’s proposal to convert the Poes Garden residence …

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