Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on Tuesday said there was no legal problem to AIADMK general secretary Sasikala Natarajan's appointment as chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
Mr. Rohatgi also denied reports that Tamil Nadu Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao had sought his opinion on whether there were any legal hurdles to her taking over as chief minister.
Ms. Natarajan was acquitted by the Karnataka High Court on May 11, 2015 in the disproportionate assets case, along with former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, J. Elavarasi and V.N. Sudhakaran.
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The Karnataka government had appealed to the apex court against the acquittal. A Bench of Justices P.C. Ghose and Amitava Roy had reserved the judgment.
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