Sasikala's wealth decoded: A garden, some bungalows and a big fat wedding

<i>BS</i> looks at the link between V K Sasikala's rise and fall and the assets she acquired

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dashed V K Sasikala’s hopes of becoming chief minister of Tamil Nadu by setting aside a high court judgment that had in May 2015 acquitted her, her relatives V N Sudhakaran, J Elavarasi and the late J Jayalalithaa. 

The Bench of Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Amitava Roy said though references had been made to Jayalalithaa’s role and the nexus between her and the other accused, “she having expired meanwhile, the appeals, so far as those relate to her stand abated.” 

But, the court trashed the high court’s calculations that led to the acquittal. “We have