Disproportionate assets case timeline

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 files charges 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 the 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prosecutor.February 2013: G Bhavani Singh appointed special public prosecutor.August 2013: Appointment of Bhavani Singh withdrawn by Karnataka government.September 2013: Supreme Court dismisses order withdrawing appointment of Bhavani Singh.March 2014: Bhavani Singh fined for delaying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 Rs1bn and others Rs100mn 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.