Here is the Timeline in Disproportionate Assets Case 

Chennai: Following is the timeline in the case of disproportionate assets in which AIADMK General Secretary V.K. Sasikala and two of her relatives were on Tuesday convicted.

• June 1996: Subramaniam Swamy complains to Tamil Nadu Governor against J. Jayalalithaa for amassing assets disproportionate to known sources of income.
• June 1996: DMK government registers FIR against Jayalalithaa.
• December 1996: Jayalalithaa arrested. June 1997: Chargesheet filed against Jayalalithaa, Sasikala, Illavarasi and Sudhakaran under Prevention of Corruption Act. October 1997: Madras High Court dismisses Jayalalithaaa's petition challenging the permission by Governor to prosecute her.
• May 2001: AIADMK wins assembly polls. Jayalalithaa is Chief Minister.
• September 2001: Supreme Court unseats Jayalalithaa for her conviction in Tansi land deal case.
• February 2002: After her conviction is set aside, Jayalalithha becomes Chief Minister again. Wins assembly bypoll from Andipatti.
• February 2003: Three public prosecutors resign as senior counsel, several prosecution witnesses turn hostile.
• November 2003: Disproportionate assets case transferred to Bengaluru by Supreme Court on petition filed by DMK leader K. Anbazhagan on the grounds that fair trial was not possible in Tamil Nadu.
• February 2005: Karnataka names B.V. Acharya as Special Public Prosecutor. October/November 2011: Jayalalithaa answers 1,399 questions in Special Court. August 2012: Acharya resigns as Special Public Prosecutor.
• February 2013: G. Bhavani Singh appointed Special Public Prosecutor.
• August 2013: Appointment of Bhavani Singh withdrawn by Karnataka government. Septmber 2013: Supreme Court dismisses order withdrawing appointment of Bhavani Singh.
• March 2014: Bhavani Singh fined for delaying final arguments.
• August 2014: Special Court reserves judgement in case for September 20.
• September 2014: Special Court convicts Jayalalithaa and three others with jail term of four years. Jayalalithaa fined Rs 100 crore and others Rs 10 crore each.
• October 2014: Jayalalithaa gets bail.
• December 2014: Supreme Court grants bail to Jayalalithaa.
• January 2015: Special Bench formed under Justice C.R. Kumaraswamy to hear appeal filed by Jayalalithaa and others in Karnataka.
• May 2015: Karnataka High Court acquits Jayalalithaa and three others.
• June 2015: Karnataka government appeals in Supreme Court against ruling.
• January 2016: Karnataka submits arithmetical errors in Karnataka High Court's judgement.
• February 2016: Supreme Court starts hearing the case.
• June 2016: Apex court reserves judgement.
• December 2016: Jayalalithaa dies.
• February 2017: Supreme Court upholds trial court's order convicting late Jayalalithhaa, Sasikala, Illavarasi and Sudhakarran.

--IANS