The mood at Court Hall No 6 was a mixture of excitement, dread and nervous anticipation. With the judgement in the Disproportionate Assets (DA) case expected to be delivered by Justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Amitava Roy at 10:30 am, the court hall was already packed by 10 am.
More than a hundred lawyers were in attendance in the case. In the front sat Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy, who is one of the petitioners in the case.
A number of lawyers for the DMK were also present, so were several journalists. The AIADMK had very few of its supporters in the courtroom.
As 10:30 am passed, the intensity of the anticipation increased, until Justices Ghose and Roy walked into the courtroom five minutes later.
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