{"id":43937,"date":"2016-07-18T08:04:02","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T02:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=43937"},"modified":"2016-07-18T08:04:02","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T02:34:02","slug":"tn-govt-challenges-acquittal-kanchi-seer-assault-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/tn-govt-challenges-acquittal-kanchi-seer-assault-case","title":{"rendered":"TN govt challenges acquittal of Kanchi seer in assault case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43938\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43938\" style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/images.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43938\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/tn-govt-challenges-acquittal-kanchi-seer-assault-case\/images-4\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/images.jpg?fit=288%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"288,175\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"madras high court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/images.jpg?fit=288%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-43938 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/images.jpg?resize=288%2C175&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"TN govt challenges acquittal of Kanchi seer in assault case\" width=\"288\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TN govt challenges acquittal of Kanchi seer in assault case<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Tamil Nadu government today filed an appeal in the Madras High Court challenging a trial court order acquitting Kanchi Sankarachraya Jayendra Saraswathi and eight others accused of all charges, including attempt to murder, in the 2002 Radhakrishnan assault case.<\/p>\n<p>Justice R Subbiah, before whom the appeal came up, ordered notice to all the accused, including 80-year old Jayendra Saraswathi, on maintainability of the plea and adjourned the matter for hearing after two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The appeal challenged the April 29 last order of First Additional Sessions Judge P Rajamanickam acquitting the Sankaracharya and eight other accused.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecution, former auditor of the mutt S Radhakrishnan was assaulted by a gang in his home here on September 20, 2002, following a conspiracy hatched by the accused assuming that he was writing letters in the pseudo name of Somasekhara Ganapadigal highlighting alleged irregularities in the Kanchi Sankara Mutt.<\/p>\n<p>It had contended the attack was a consequence of Jayendra Saraswathi allegedly expressing frustration over such letters and asking mutt manager Sundaresa Iyer and Raghu, brother of his junir Vijayendra Saraswathi, to do something about it.<\/p>\n<p>A case was registered against 12 persons but two of the accused had died during the pendency of the case while Ravi Subramaniam had turned approver.<\/p>\n<p>However, during the trial, he was declared a hostile witness.<\/p>\n<p>(Source : PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tamil Nadu government today filed an appeal in the Madras High Court challenging a trial court order acquitting Kanchi Sankarachraya Jayendra Saraswathi and eight others accused of all charges, including attempt to murder, in the 2002 Radhakrishnan assault case. 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