In her petition to the Court, Amrutha stated that she was born on August 14, 1980, at Jayalalithaa’s Mylapore residence in Chennai. According to her, soon after her birth, an "understanding” was arrived at between Jayalalithaa and the family members that her birth would not be disclosed, to “uphold the dignity of the family as they belong to a very religious, orthodox and cultured Brahmin family” and her birth would come as a shock to everyone.