The Supreme Court today said it was not inclined to stay the trial at a Bangalore court in the disproportionate assets case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and others.
A bench comprising justices BS Chauhan and AK Sikri, however, allowed the CM to withdraw the plea and move the Karnataka High Court.
Jayalalithaa had sought a stay on the trial till the lower court decides the plea of Lex Property Development (P) Ltd, a Chennai-based firm.
The company has alleged that the properties, which have been attached by the authorities as benami holdings of Jayalalithaa, in fact, belonged to it and this plea be decided first before the lower court proceeds with the trial in the assets case.