CHENNAI: The tenure of a panel set up by the Tamil Nadu government to probe the circumstances leading to former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death has been extended by six more months. A government order extending the term of the commision was issued on Friday.
The tenure of Justice A Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry, which would end on July 24, has been extended for the eleventh time. A case connected to the panel is expected to come up for hearing in the Supreme Court soon.
The apex court had stayed proceedings of the panel in April 2019 in an appeal filed by Apollo Hospitals against an order of the Madras high court, which had rejected its objections vis-a-vis the inquiry.
The commission was tasked to inquire into the circumstances leading to the hospitalisation of Jayalalithaa on September 22, 2016 and treatment provided by the Apollo Hospitals till her death on December 5, 2016.
