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1996: DMK govt registers FIR against Jayalalithaa for having assets disproportionate to her known source of income
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1997: Court frames charges against Jayalalithaa, Sasikala Natarajan, V N Sudhakaran and J Ellavarasi
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2002: Jayalalithaa becomes the chief minister of Tamil Nadu
- 2003: DMK leader K Anbazhagan urges the Supreme Court to shift the case out of Chennai; the apex court orders shifting the case to Bengaluru; a special court is set up in the city
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2010: Trial in the disproportionate assets case begins in Bengaluru
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2011: AIADMK returns to power and Jayalalithaa becomes chief minister; Jayalalithaa appears before the trial court and answers about 1,300 questions
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2012: John Michael Cunha appointed as the special court judge
- 2014: Conclusion of trial and judgment day initially fixed for September 20 but postponed to September 27 at Jayalalithaa’s request, citing security reasons
September 27: Special Court convicts Jayalalithaa and four others in the case; she is sentenced to four years and fined Rs 100 crore; fine of Rs 10 crore each on the other three; Jayalalithaa and others sent to Parappana Agrahara prison in Bengaluru the same day; she loses her the chief minister’s chair
September 29: O Panneerselvam, loyalist of Jayalalithaa and Tamil Nadu Finance Minister, becomes CM of Tamil Nadu; virtually every member of the new Cabinet breaks down in an emotionally charged swearing in ceremony
October 1: Bail application plea of Jayalalithaa put off till October 7 by the Karnataka High Court; vacation judge Rathnakala adjourns the hearing, saying that in her considered view, the appeals should be heard by a regular Bench
October 7: Karnataka HC refuses to release Jayalalithaa on bail and rejects her plea for suspending the four-year prison sentence; Ram Jethmalani appears for Jayalalithaa
October 9: Jayalalithaa moves the Supreme Court challenging the Karnataka HC order
October 13: A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India agrees to an urgent plea made by Jayalalithaa's counsel and Senior Counsel Fali S Nariman for an early hearing of her petition; Bench posts the case for hearing to October 17
October 17: Supreme Court grants interim bail to Jayalalithaa and the other three on stringent conditions
November 12: The govt of Tamil Nadu issues a Gazette notification declaring Jayalalithaa’s seat, the Srirangam Assembly constituency, vacant; she is disqualified as the member of legislative assembly for the period of her sentence and will continue to be disqualified for six years since her release, as per the terms of Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951
December 8: Jayalalithaa files a voluminous appeal with the Karnataka High Court; according to reports, about 280,000 papers are submitted
- 2015
January 5: Hearing on Jayalalithaa’s appeal
March 11: HC reserves verdict on the appeal
April 27: Supreme Court rejects Special Public Prosecutor Bhavani Singh’s appointment as ‘bad in law’; B V Acharya made Special Public Prosecutor
May 11: Judge C R Kumaraswamy pronounces the verdict, acquitting Jayalalithaa and others of the case
