Actress Jayaprada’s sentence stayed, know the reason
New Delhi. The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the conviction of actress and former Lok Sabha MP Jaya Prada in a case in which she was sentenced to six months’ simple imprisonment for non-payment of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) dues to employees of a cinema theater. Went. By him for more than 18 years.
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal issued notice to ESIC on the appeal filed by Jayaprada. Senior advocate Sonia Mathur, appearing for Jayaprada, claimed that the conviction order passed by the trial court in Chennai suffers from patent infirmities.
The apex court had earlier exempted Jayaprada from surrendering in the case. The Madras High Court had dismissed petitions challenging the order of the Principal Sessions Judge, who had quashed the sentence imposed by the trial court on the actress and her associates, who were the owners of the now defunct Jayaprada Cinema Theatre. Refused to suspend.
Jayaprada, partner of Jayaprada Cinemas, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment by the Metropolitan Magistrate’s court in Egmore. The decision was delivered on a petition by theater employees, who complained that the actor had not paid their ESI contributions. Employees of the theatre, which has been closed for the last 10 years, said the management is deducting their ESI contribution but is not depositing the money with the State Insurance Corporation.
