By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Karnataka government to state the steps taken by it to provide security cover to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa when she comes to Bangalore to appear before a trial court hearing a corruption case against her.
Jayalalithaa, who is to appear before the trial court on Thursday, has sought deferment of the date of her appearance to the last week of November.
A bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Dipak Misra asked the Karntaka government to file an affidavit detailing the arrangements made by it for providing security cover to the Tamil Nadu chief minister in pursuance to the apex court directions of Sep 12, 2011.
The apex court by its Sep 12 order had directed the Karnataka government to “ensure that the proper security is provided bto the petitioner (Jayalalithaa).”
Appearing for Jayalalithaa, senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi told the court that the National Security Guard (NSG) that takes care of Z+ security cover of the Tamil Nadu chief minister requires three to four days to sensitise the area before a visit.
Rohtagi said that they have cross-checked with the NSG which had said that they would require three-four days time to sensitize the premises where Jayalalithaa would appear in her case.