Plea filed for quashing TN government's decision to convert Jayalalithaa's residence into memorial

According to the petitioner, one Thangavelu from Tiruchirappalli, since Jayalalithaa was found guilty and convicted in the disproportionate assets case, converting her residence into a memorial will led to a bad precedent.

He prayed for staying the conversion of the residence into a memorial, besides quashing chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami's announcement in this regard.

Jayalalithaa was convicted in 2014 in the disproportionate assets case by a special court in Bengaluru, along with aide VK Sasikala and two others and sentenced to four yearsof simple imprisonment.

On appeal, the Karnataka High Court had acquitted her.

When the matter came before the Supreme Court, proceeding against her were abated due to her death in December last year while her co-accused were convicted.