DA case sasikala case

1. BY,
MATHEW V JOSEPH
MBA
MARIAN COLLEGE,KUTTIKANAM,
KERALA

4. Sasikala was born in January 29, 1957 at Mannargudi to
the agriculturalist couple of Vivekanandam and
Krishnaveni. She had four brothers - Sundaravadanam,
Jayaraman, Dr Vinodhagan and Dhivaharan - and a sister
Vanithamani. They were not rich, but they belonged to the
influential Kallar community.

6. The friendship story of Jayalalithaa and
Shasikala Natarajan

7. After initial schooling, she dropped out. Sasikala married
R. Natarajan, a public relations officer in the Tamil Nadu
government. Her husband R. Natarajan was working as a
Public Relations officer in Tamil Nadu government on
temporary basis. He was working closely with the then
District Collector of Cuddalore V S Chandralekha, IAS,
who in turn was very close to the then Tamil Nadu CM M
G Ramachadran. Natarajan lost his job in 1976 due to the
Indian Emergency. Denied its main source of income, the
family was forced to sell or pawned jewels But to keep her
craziness for movies alive, she ran a cassette rental shop
and even had a camera. . At this junction, Natarajan
requested V.S.Chandralekha, who was then the District
Collector of South Arcot, to introduce his wife Sasikala to
Jayalalithaa, who was then the Propaganda Secretary of
the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.Sasikala began
shooting marriages and functions for Jayalalithaa and
gradually became a close friend.

9. • A group of Corrupt , Illegal Democrats like Mr.Natarajan,
Mr.Divakaran, Dr.Venkatesh Mr.T.T.V.Dhinakaran, Actor
Vivek S/O of Mrs.Ilavarasi and their family…
• They have their roots in all kinds of businesses from
Waste Dumping To Cinema Production/Finance..
• The most corrupt people who are always against
Democracy…
• Now they have entered politics… A big void is going to
appear in the near future of Tamil NADU.

10. Disproportionate Assets is a term used in India to
describe a situation where an individual's net economic
assets significantly exceed the assets he or she should
possess after accounting for the assets that he or she
previously held and all legal sources of income.
Disproportionate assets cases are investigated by the
CBI Central Bureau of Investigation and the Income Tax
Department.
“Clause (e) of sub-sec.(1) of sec.13 of the Prevention of
Corruption Act, 1988”
Disproportionate assets case was sentenced to jail for 4

11. • In 1996, politician Subramaniam Swamy filed a complaint
against then-CM Jayalalithaa, accusing her of holding
wealth that was disproportionate to her income. Soon
after, opposition DMK filed an FIR against Jayalalithaa.
• Jayalalithaa was subsequently accused stowing away
wealth, in form of gold, silver, property, etc., worth Rs.
66.65 crores.
• Her accomplices in the case were her sister-in-law
Elavarasi, nephew VN Sudhakaran, and long-time aide,
VK Sasikala.
• During raids, officials confiscated 28 kg gold, 800 kg
silver, 750 pairs of shoes, 10,500 sarees, 91 watches, a
fleet of luxury cars, etc. from Jayalalithaa.

12. • Meanwhile, Sasikala and team were charge for abetting
and acting as benami owners of 32 private firms.
• 1997, charge-sheets were filed against Jayalalithaa and
her three accomplices for charges of corruption,
dispropotionate assets, etc., all of which they denied.
• In 2001, despite the DA case still in trial, Jayalalithaa
returned to power as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. In
retaliation, DMK general secretary K Anbazhagan
appealed to the Supreme Court for the DA case to be
tranferred to a court outside Tamil Nadu.
• In 2003, the plea was finally granted and the DA case
was restarted in Karnataka.

13. • Over the years, evidences were re-examined and
witnesses were questioned again. Between 2011 and
2013, a public prosecutor resigned from the case, a new
one got appointed, fired, and then re-instated by the
court.
• In 2014, Jayalalithaa and was found guilty and sentenced
to four years of imprisonment with a penalty of Rs 100
crores.
• Sasikala and the others were found guilty as well,
sentenced to same jail term and a penalty of Rs 10
crores each.
• Under the Representation of the People Act, Jayalalithaa
was dismissed as the chief minister and replaced by
trusted aide O Panneerselvam.

14. • In October 2014, the Supreme Court granted bail to
Jayalalithaa.
• In May 2015, the Karnataka High Court acquitted
Jayalalithaa, along with Sasikala and the rest, of all
charges. The court said there had been a mix up in the
calculation of assets.
• Once acquitted(to relieve from a charge of fault),
Jayalalithaa became the chief minister of the Tamil Nadu
again.
• In June 2016, after the Karnataka government
challenged the acquittal, the Supreme Court reversed the
high court's verdict.
• In December 2016, while the DA case was still in trial,
Jayalalithaa died.

15. • As Sasikala locked horns with Panneerselvam for
the chief minister's office, the Supreme Court came
to a verdict in the DA case.
• In February 14, 2017, the Supreme Court convicted
Sasikala and the rest in the DA case, sentencing
them to four years' of imprisonment.
• The verdict passed by Justices PC Ghose and
Amitava Roy were based on a fresh calculation of
the said disproportionate assets.
• The verdict takes Sasikala out of the race for the
chief minister's chair, clearing Panneerselvam's path.

17. • Feb 15, 2017