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The '''Pleasant Stay hotel case''' was a case against [[Jayalalithaa]], the late [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]], a state in [[South India]] during her tenure in 1991-1996. Jayalalitha and her ministerial colleague, [[T. M. Selvaganapathy]], were charged with misusing the office to allow Pleasant Stay Hotel in [[Kodaikanal]] to build seven floors against the norms. The case and charge sheet were filed during the following [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) government headed by [[M. Karunanidhi|Karunanidhi]] in 1996. Jayalalitha and Selvaganapathy were convicted in the lower court, which sentenced her to one-year imprisonment to the two and three others involved. The case had political implications as the aftermath of violence created a furor in the state. The statewide violence resulted in the burning of five buses, damaging fifty buses, and leaving 40 people injured. Three girls students of the [[Tamil Nadu Agricultural University]] were [[2000 Dharmapuri bus burning|burnt alive in a bus in Dharmapuri]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/2000/02/03/stories/04032231.htm | title=HOTEL CASE VERDICT: AIADMK volunteers go berserk | date=3 February 2000 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | accessdate=8 July 2018}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The three [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] party workers who were convicted in the case received a death sentence in the case in 2007, but it was commuted to life imprisonment.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/dharmapuri-bus-burning-sc-commutes-death-sentence-to-life-imprisonment-116031100989_1.html | title=Dharmapuri bus burning: SC commutes death sentence to life imprisonment | newspaper=[[Business Standard]] | date=11 March 2016 | accessdate=8 July 2018}}</ref> | The '''Pleasant Stay hotel case''' was a case against [[Jayalalithaa]], the late [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]], a state in [[South India]] during her tenure in 1991-1996. Jayalalitha and her ministerial colleague,[[V. R. Nedunchezhiyan]] and [[T. M. Selvaganapathy]], were charged with misusing the office to allow Pleasant Stay Hotel in [[Kodaikanal]] to build seven floors against the norms. The case and charge sheet were filed during the following [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) government headed by [[M. Karunanidhi|Karunanidhi]] in 1996. Jayalalitha and Selvaganapathy were convicted in the lower court, which sentenced her to one-year imprisonment to the two and three others involved. The case had political implications as the aftermath of violence created a furor in the state. The statewide violence resulted in the burning of five buses, damaging fifty buses, and leaving 40 people injured. Three girls students of the [[Tamil Nadu Agricultural University]] were [[2000 Dharmapuri bus burning|burnt alive in a bus in Dharmapuri]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/2000/02/03/stories/04032231.htm | title=HOTEL CASE VERDICT: AIADMK volunteers go berserk | date=3 February 2000 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | accessdate=8 July 2018}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The three [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] party workers who were convicted in the case received a death sentence in the case in 2007, but it was commuted to life imprisonment.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/dharmapuri-bus-burning-sc-commutes-death-sentence-to-life-imprisonment-116031100989_1.html | title=Dharmapuri bus burning: SC commutes death sentence to life imprisonment | newspaper=[[Business Standard]] | date=11 March 2016 | accessdate=8 July 2018}}</ref> | ||
The [[Madras High Court]] acquitted her and the other four accused in the case of all the charges on 4 December 2001 along with the [[TANSI land acquisition case]]. The Supreme Court upheld the order of Madras High Court on 24 November 2003 on grounds of lack of evidence. She came back to power winning the [[2002 Tamil Nadu assembly by-election]] from the [[Andipatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Andipatti constituency]] in March 2002. | The [[Madras High Court]] acquitted her and the other four accused in the case of all the charges on 4 December 2001 along with the [[TANSI land acquisition case]]. The Supreme Court upheld the order of Madras High Court on 24 November 2003 on grounds of lack of evidence. She came back to power winning the [[2002 Tamil Nadu assembly by-election]] from the [[Andipatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Andipatti constituency]] in March 2002. | ||