New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha's one of the legal heirs has approached the Supreme Court challenging a Karnataka High Court January 13 order, which declined to return the movable and immovable assets, seized by the authorities, in the multi-crore disproportionate assets case.

J Deepa, niece of former AIADMK chief, stated since the proceedings stood abated in terms of judgment by the apex court in 2017, Jayalalitha cannot be treated as a convict resulting in the confiscating of properties seized by the prosecution.

Filing an appeal against the High Court order, she said Jayalalitha's legal heirs are entitled to claim back all the properties which were confiscated and attached in connection with the ca...