Disproportionate assets case: Sasikala files review plea in Supreme Court

In her defence, Sasikala cited an earlier judgment of the SC which said that when the appeal against an accused stands abated on account of his/her death, the appeals against the co-accused would also stand abated. Two other accused — V N Sudhakaran, Jayalalithaa’s foster son, and Elavarasi, widow of Sasikala’s elder brother– have also appealed to the apex court.

The Bengaluru trial court had convicted Sasikala, Jayalalithaa, Sudhakaran and Elavarasi in the case. While the CBI had alleged that the unaccounted wealth was close to Rs 66.65 crore, the special trial court found disproportionate assets worth Rs 53.60 crore, which Jayalalithaa and the three others could not account for.

Sasikala had been in the jail in 1996 when the case had been registered.