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TANSI judgment

Sir, — The Supreme court has neither found Ms. Jayalalithaa guilty nor dismissed the petition as a vexatious litigation. The court has let her off gracefully with the stricture that she should have honoured the code of conduct. If the code of conduct was not made legally binding the expectation was that holders of such office would have a conscience to square with and the voters to answer to.

K.S. Venkatraman,

Chennai

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Sir, — I refer to your analytical and thought provoking editorial, "Curtains on a legal saga" (Nov. 26) regarding the TANSI land deal. The concluding remarks of the apex court that irrespective of whether Ms. Jayalalithaa is guilty or not she must atone by answering her conscience are the last word on probity in public life.

S. Kuppuswamy,

Bangalore

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Sir, — The Tamil Nadu intelligentsia has been quite harsh on Ms. Jayalalithaa. Whatever her faults, she is a performing Chief Minister.

U. Subramaniam,

Madurai, T.N.

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