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 Three years into her tenure, she was convicted in a [[Disproportionate assets case against Jayalalithaa|disproportionate-assets case]], rendering her disqualified to hold office.
-On 27 September 2014, Jayalalithaa was sentenced to four years in jail and fined {{INRConvert|100|c|year=2014}} by the Special Court in Bengaluru. She was convicted in an 18-year-old disproportionate assets case that was launched by [[Janata Party]] President [[Subramanian Swamy]] (now a member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]) on 20 August 1996 on the basis of an Income Tax Department report on her. Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala, her niece Ilavarasi, her nephew and the chief minister's disowned foster son Sudhakaran were also convicted. They were sentenced to four years in jail and fined {{INRConvert|10|c|year=2014}} each. Special Judge John Michael D'Cunha convicted her to owning assets to the tune of {{INRConvert|66.65|c|year=1996}} (which includes {{Cvt|2000|acre}} of land, {{convert|30|kg}} of gold and 12,000 [[sari]]s) disproportionate to her known sources of income during 1991–96 when she was chief minister for the first time. The verdict was delivered by a makeshift court in the Parappana Agrahara prison complex in the presence of Jayalalithaa and the other accused.
+On 27 September 2014, Jayalalithaa was sentenced to four years in jail and fined {{INRConvert|100|c|year=2014}} by the Special Court in Bengaluru. She was convicted in an 18-year-old disproportionate assets case that was launched by [[Janata Party]] President [[Subramanian Swamy]] (now a member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]) on 20 August 1996 on the basis of an Income Tax Department report on her. Jayalalithaa's close associate Sassikala, her niece Ilavarasi, her nephew and the chief minister's disowned foster son Sudhakaran were also convicted. They were sentenced to four years in jail and fined {{INRConvert|10|c|year=2014}} each. Special Judge John Michael D'Cunha convicted her to owning assets to the tune of {{INRConvert|66.65|c|year=1996}} (which includes {{Cvt|2000|acre}} of land, {{convert|30|kg}} of gold and 12,000 [[sari]]s) disproportionate to her known sources of income during 1991–96 when she was chief minister for the first time. The verdict was delivered by a makeshift court in the Parappana Agrahara prison complex in the presence of Jayalalithaa and the other accused.
 She was [[Disqualification of convicted representatives in India|automatically disqualified]] from the post of chief minister and the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu, and thus became the first sitting Indian chief minister to be disqualified.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessworld.in/news/economy/politics/jayalalithaa-gets-4-year-jail-fined-rs-100-cr/1551023/page-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092353/http://www.businessworld.in/news/economy/politics/jayalalithaa-gets-4-year-jail-fined-rs-100-cr/1551023/page-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 October 2014 |title=Jayalalithaa Gets 4-year Jail, Fined Rs 100 Cr|work=[[BusinessWorld]] |date=27 September 2014 |access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref> [[O. Panneerselvam]], a minister in her party, succeeded her as the Chief Minister on 29 September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/o-panneerselvam-sworn-is-as-tamil-nadu-cm-20433.html | title=O Panneerselvam sworn-in as Tamil Nadu CM | date=29 September 2014}}</ref> On 17 October 2014, the Supreme Court granted her two months' bail and suspended her sentence.<ref>{{cite news |title=India's Supreme Court grants bail to Jayalalitha|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29655666|work=BBC|access-date=17 October 2014}}</ref>
-On 11 May 2015, a special Bench of the [[Karnataka High Court]] set aside her conviction on appeal. That court acquitted her and the alleged associates—Sasikala, her niece Ilavarasi, her nephew and Jayalalithaa's disowned foster son Sudhakaran.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Live: Jayalalithaa acquitted in DA case|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/live-jayalalithaa-disproportionate-assets-case-appeal-hearing/article7190579.ece?homepage=true|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 10 May 2015|access-date=11 May 2015|issn = 0971-751X}}</ref>
+On 11 May 2015, a special Bench of the [[Karnataka High Court]] set aside her conviction on appeal. That court acquitted her and the alleged associates—Sassikala, her niece Ilavarasi, her nephew and Jayalalithaa's disowned foster son Sudhakaran.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Live: Jayalalithaa acquitted in DA case|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/live-jayalalithaa-disproportionate-assets-case-appeal-hearing/article7190579.ece?homepage=true|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 10 May 2015|access-date=11 May 2015|issn = 0971-751X}}</ref>
+On 14 February 2017 (subsequent to her death) the [[Supreme Court of India]] over-ruled the Karnataka High Court. Sassikala and the other accused were convicted and sentenced to four years of imprisonment, as well as being fined 10 crores each. The case against Jayalalithaa was abated because she had died and hence can't defend herself.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sasikalas-conviction-in-wealth-case-upheld-by-supreme-court/articleshow/57140345.cms|title=Sasikala's conviction in wealth case upheld by Supreme Court|first=Dhananjay|last=Mahapatra|newspaper=[[Times of India]]|date=14 February 2017}}</ref>
-On 14 February 2017 (subsequent to her death) the [[Supreme Court of India]] over-ruled the Karnataka High Court. Sasikala and the other accused were convicted and sentenced to four years of imprisonment, as well as being fined 10 crores each. The case against Jayalalithaa was abated because she had died and hence can't defend herself.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sasikalas-conviction-in-wealth-case-upheld-by-supreme-court/articleshow/57140345.cms|title=Sasikala's conviction in wealth case upheld by Supreme Court|first=Dhananjay|last=Mahapatra|newspaper=[[Times of India]]|date=14 February 2017}}</ref>
 === Fifth term as Chief Minister, 2015 ===
 [[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meeting the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Ms. J. Jayalalithaa, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on August 07, 2015.jpg|thumb|left|Jayalalithaa with [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]]]]