Ending the uncertainty over inheritance of vast residential or commercial properties left behind by former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, the Madras High Court on Wednesday declared her nephew J. Deepak and niece J. Deepa as Class II legal heirs entitled to all the homes left behind by their aunt. Full text of Supreme Court verdict
The court made it clear that the State government might not acquire any of the properties without providing notice to the legal beneficiaries and paying them appropriate compensation. They also taped the siblings’ undertaking that a few properties, to be chosen as per their discretion, would be set aside to create a public trust named after Jayalalithaa for welf