Veda Nilayam, former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s residence in Chennai.
The Minister for Tamil Development, Information and Publicity, M.P. Saminathan on Friday introduced a Bill seeking to repeal the Tamil Nadu Puratchi Thalaivi Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Memorial Foundation Act, 2020 (Tamil Nadu Act 32 of 2020), which was enacted to set up a foundation for making arrangements for the conversion of Veda Nilayam, the residence of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa at Poes Garden in Chennai, into a memorial.
The Bill states that the purpose for which the Act was enacted no longer exists, and hence, the Act has become obsolete, after the Madras High Court, in its order dated November 24, quashed the proceedings under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, and ordered that the keys of Veda Nilayam be handed over to the legal heirs of the late Chief Minister.