The 18-Year-Old Case That Led to Jayalalithaa's Conviction

The 18-Year-Old Case That Led to Jayalalithaa's Conviction: Timeline
Agencies | Updated: Sep 27, 2014 16:58 IST

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New Delhi:  This is how the 18-year-case against J Jayalalithaa unfolded in her home state of Tamil Nadu and neighboring Karnataka.

1996: Dr Subramanian Swamy, then a leader of  the Janata Party, files a case against Ms Jayalalithaa alleging that during her  term as Chief Minister from 1991 to 1996, she accumulated assets worth 66 crores that could not be explained by her declared income.

Dec 7, 1996: The DMK is in power. Ms Jayalalithaa is arrested and released a few weeks later. 

October 1, 1997: Madras High Court dismisses three petitions by Ms Jayalalithaa including one challenging  the sanction granted by then Governor M Fathima Beevi for prosecuting her.

2001:  Her party, the AIADMK, wins the state election and Ms Jayalalithaa becomes Chief Minister. But after she is convicted in another case, her appointment is challenged and the Supreme Court rules against her. 

September 21, 2001: Ms Jayalalithaa ceases to be Chief Minister.

February 2002:  After her conviction is set aside, Ms Jayalalithaa is elected to the Assembly in a by-election and again sworn in as Chief Minister.

2003:  AIDMK leader asks the Supreme Court  to transfer her trial to Karnataka on the grounds that an impartial hearing is not possible in Tamil Nadu where Ms Jayalalithaa's party is in power.

On November 18, 2003: The Supreme Court transferred the case to Bangalore.

2011:  Appearing before the court four times, Ms Jayalalithaa has answered more than 1,000 questions in closed door hearings during which she has maintained that the case was "political vendetta".

Story first published: Sep 27, 2014 15:45 IST