With a number of legal cases pending, Sasikala is not in the clear yet

The DA case has been reported to have delayed Sasikala's swearing in

Tamil Nadu's chief minister-in-waiting Sasikala Natarajan is facing a number of cases which could impact her political future.

The two-decade-old disproportionate assets case is a prominent one, which has even been reported to have delayed Sasikala's swearing in. The case, which surfaced in 1996, also mentions some of the companies in which Sasikala had a partnership with Jayalalithaa. Also, investigating agencies reportedly confiscated various valuable assets during the course of their investigation in the case.

The proceedings of the case were prolonged for almost 18 years and, in September 2014, a special court set up in Bengaluru to hear the case