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== Conviction == | == Conviction == | ||
{{Main|Disproportionate assets case against Jayalalithaa}} | {{Main|Disproportionate assets case against Jayalalithaa}} | ||
On 14 February 2017, the [[Supreme Court of India]] found | On 14 February 2017, the [[Supreme Court of India]] found Sasikala and her co-accused — Ilavarasi (her sister-in-law) and V. N. Sudhakaran (her nephew) — guilty of conspiring, laundering and amassing illicit wealth worth about {{INRConvert|66.44|c|year=1996}} in the 1990s in a criminal conspiracy with Jayalalithaa. The three were sentenced to a four-year jail term.<ref name="shell">{{Cite news|last1=Ushinor|first1=Majumdar|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/what-the-sc-said-about-jayalalithaa-she-was-the-source-of-funds-for-shell-compan/297959|title=What The SC Said About Jayalalithaa: She Was The Source Of Funds For Shell Companies|newspaper=[[Outlook India]]|access-date=2017-02-15}}</ref> This restored ''[[in toto]]'' her earlier conviction in the case<ref name="toto">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Jayalalithaa-Sasikala-criminally-conspired-at-Poes-Garden-to-launder-ill-gotten-wealth-SC/article17301596.ece|title=Jayalalithaa, Sasikala criminally conspired at Poes Garden to launder ill-gotten wealth: SC|last=Rajagopal|first=Krishnadas|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2017-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214124736/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Jayalalithaa-Sasikala-criminally-conspired-at-Poes-Garden-to-launder-ill-gotten-wealth-SC/article17301596.ece|archive-date=14 February 2017|location=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref> delivered on 27 September 2014,<ref name="original">{{cite news|title=Justice John D'Cunha: The no-nonsense judge who convicted Jayalalithaa|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/justice-john-dcunha-the-no-nonsense-judge-who-convicted-jayalalithaa-1732877.html|access-date=2017-02-26|work=[[Firstpost]]|date=29 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807225107/http://www.firstpost.com/india/justice-john-dcunha-the-no-nonsense-judge-who-convicted-jayalalithaa-1732877.html|archive-date=7 August 2016|location=[[Bangalore]]}}</ref> sentencing a four-year jail term to her and her relatives, in addition to imposing a fine of {{INRConvert|10|c}} each.<ref name="cunha">{{cite news|last1=Prathima|first1=Nandakumar|title=Justice D'Cunha: A no-nonsense judge who convicted Jayalalithaa, Sasikala in 2014|url=http://www.theweek.in/news/india/justice-d-cunha-jayalalithaa-sasikala-da-case.html|access-date=2017-02-26|work=[[The Week (India)|The Week]]|date=15 February 2017|archive-date=15 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215062812/http://www.theweek.in/news/india/justice-d-cunha-jayalalithaa-sasikala-da-case.html}}</ref> The judgment stipulated that she and her accomplices would serve an additional 12 months in prison if they failed to pay the fine.<ref name="judgement">{{cite web|last1=Pinaki Chandra Ghose|last2=Amitava Roy|title=Crl.A.Nos.300–303 of 2017 etc. State of Karnataka Vs. Selvi J.Jayalalitha and Ors. (Judgment in Disproportionate Assets Case) [PDF] – 14-02-2017|url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/FileServer/2017-02-14_1487056122.pdf|website=[[Supreme Court of India]]|access-date=2017-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227132148/http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/FileServer/2017-02-14_1487056122.pdf|archive-date=27 February 2017|page=70|date=14 February 2017|author1-link=Pinaki Chandra Ghose|author2-link=Amitava Roy}}</ref> | ||
The Supreme Court refused her plea to surrender after a fortnight and to be allowed to have food from home,<ref name="down">{{cite news|title=Sasikala surrenders in Bengaluru, sent to jail|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/sasikala-surrenders-in-bengaluru-sent-to-jail/364491.html|access-date=2017-02-27|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]]|date=15 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218204644/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/sasikala-surrenders-in-bengaluru-sent-to-jail/364491.html|archive-date=18 February 2017|location=[[Chennai]]/[[Bengaluru]]}}</ref> so Sasikala and Ilavarasi presented themselves for imprisonment on 15 February 2017.<ref name="surrender">{{cite news|title=V K Sasikala surrenders in Bengaluru court|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/sasikala-leaves-for-bengaluru-to-surrender-in-court/article9544368.ece|access-date=2017-02-27|work=[[Business Line]]|agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]]|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|date=15 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227114808/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/sasikala-leaves-for-bengaluru-to-surrender-in-court/article9544368.ece|archive-date=27 February 2017|location=[[Chennai]]}}</ref> She was released on 27 January 2021 after completion of her term, though being kept at [[Victoria Hospital (Bangalore Medical College)|Victoria Hospital]] for treatment of [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite news|title=V.K. Sasikala released from prison after serving 4-year term|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/vk-sasikala-aide-of-the-former-tn-cm-late-jayalalithaa-released-from-prison-after-serving-4-year-jail-term/article33673396.ece|access-date=2021-03-03|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=27 January 2021|location=[[Bangalore]]}}</ref> | |||
==In Popular Culture== | ==In Popular Culture== | ||
In [[Queen (web series)|Queen Web Series]] Directed By [[Gautham Vasudev Menon|Gautham Meon]] [[Viji Chandrasekhar]] Played a Role 'Suryakala' (2019).Also In [[Thalaivii|Thalaivi]] Movie Directed By [[A. L. Vijay|AL Vijay]] [[Shamna Kasim]] Played a Role 'Sasi' (2021). First In Thalaivi Movie [[Priyamani]] And [[Sai Pallavi]] was considered for the role of Sassikala.Titled The Iron Lady, Director Priyadhaarshini,the assistant director of [[Mysskin]].[[Nithya Menen]] was signed on to play the Jayalalitha's role, while [[Aishwarya Rajesh]] and [[Varalaxmi Sarathkumar]] were in talks for a role for the character of Sassikala.Sasilalitha,Director K Jagadeswara Reddy [[Kajol]] and [[Amala Paul]] to play Jayalalithaa and Sassikala. | In [[Queen (web series)|Queen Web Series]] Directed By [[Gautham Vasudev Menon|Gautham Meon]] [[Viji Chandrasekhar]] Played a Role 'Suryakala' (2019).Also In [[Thalaivii|Thalaivi]] Movie Directed By [[A. L. Vijay|AL Vijay]] [[Shamna Kasim]] Played a Role 'Sasi' (2021). First In Thalaivi Movie [[Priyamani]] And [[Sai Pallavi]] was considered for the role of Sassikala.Titled The Iron Lady, Director Priyadhaarshini,the assistant director of [[Mysskin]].[[Nithya Menen]] was signed on to play the Jayalalitha's role, while [[Aishwarya Rajesh]] and [[Varalaxmi Sarathkumar]] were in talks for a role for the character of Sassikala.Sasilalitha,Director K Jagadeswara Reddy [[Kajol]] and [[Amala Paul]] to play Jayalalithaa and Sassikala. | ||