AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala suffered a major jolt with two-judge bench of the Supreme Court upholding the trial court's judgment convicting her in the 21-year-old disproportionate assets case against her. With this, Sasikala stands disqualified to take over as Tamil Nadu chief minister.
The Supreme Court bench has ordered the acting general secretary of the party to pay a fine of Rs 10 crore. However, Sasikala can take the case further and refer it to a larger bench, even though her political career has effectively ended.
It may be mentioned here that, the Karnataka government had challenged the May 11, 2015, state High Court verdict acquitting Jayalalithaa, Sasikala and her two relatives - VN Sudhakaran and Elavarasi - for allegedly amassing disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 66.65 crore during her first term as Chief Minister from 1991 to 1996.
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