SC convicts Sasikala in DA case: As it happened

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New Delhi: VK Sasikala was on Tuesday convicted in a corruption case by Supreme Court which dashed her ambition to become the Tamil Nadu CM, as the verdict holding her guilty of entering into a conspiracy with late AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa would bar her from electoral politics for the next decade.

The apex court judgement, delivered at a time when the state is witnessing a bitter power struggle in the aftermath of Jayalalithaa's demise, set aside the Karnataka High Court order acquitting all the four accused and "restored in toto" the trial court's decision in the 19-year-old disproportionate assets case.

60-year-old Sasikala will now have to serve a jail term of around three-and-half years out of four years awarded by the trial court as she has already undergone almost six months in prison.

14 February 2017

23:22 IST

Have only one wish that you (AIADMK workers) work for people's welfare. You must continue with your work sans fear. Please don't cry, says Sasikala at Poes Garden.

23:13 IST

Will make sure that the path left behind (by Amma) will be followed by the right people: Jayalalithaa's niece Deepa Jayakumar.