New Delhi: The Supreme Court today stayed a Madras High Court order directing Bengaluru jail authorities and the UIDAI to produce records containing the thumb impression of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa.
The high court, while dealing with an election petition, had on November 24 sought J Jayalalithaa's thumb impression details which is available with Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Jail and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
The former AIADMK chief had died on December 5 last year.
The matter came up for hearing today before a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud, which also issued a notice to the petitioner before the high court and asked him to file a reply within eight weeks.
Mr Bose has moved the top court against the high court's direction claiming it intruded into the fundamental right to privacy.
"The personal details of a third party which will undoubtedly include the finger print could not be divulged by the authorities holding the same without consent of the person to whom it belongs," the plea claimed while seeking an exparte stay of the interim order of high court.
He had alleged that the thumb impression of Ms Jayalalithaa was obtained without her consent and knowledge while she was unconscious, with the "connivance" of the doctors and others who were attending to the former chief minister.
She had subsequently secured bail from the Supreme Court and was released on October 18, 2014, after spending 21 days in the prison.
However, since Jayalalithaa died on December 5 last year, the top court had abated the proceedings against her.
The high court, while dealing with an election petition, had on November 24 sought J Jayalalithaa's thumb impression details which is available with Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Jail and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
The former AIADMK chief had died on December 5 last year.
The matter came up for hearing today before a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud, which also issued a notice to the petitioner before the high court and asked him to file a reply within eight weeks.
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Mr Bose has moved the top court against the high court's direction claiming it intruded into the fundamental right to privacy.
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"The personal details of a third party which will undoubtedly include the finger print could not be divulged by the authorities holding the same without consent of the person to whom it belongs," the plea claimed while seeking an exparte stay of the interim order of high court.
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He had alleged that the thumb impression of Ms Jayalalithaa was obtained without her consent and knowledge while she was unconscious, with the "connivance" of the doctors and others who were attending to the former chief minister.
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She had subsequently secured bail from the Supreme Court and was released on October 18, 2014, after spending 21 days in the prison.
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However, since Jayalalithaa died on December 5 last year, the top court had abated the proceedings against her.
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