In reply to RTI petitioner response by Karnataka PIO & Superintendent Central Prison Bangalore has stated
In case of payment of penalty as prescribed by Supreme Court she will be released on 27-January – 2021
In case of non payment of penalty as prescribed by Supreme Court she will be released on 27 February-2022
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Also PIO further stated in case of parole she may be released earlier .[splco_spacer]
Along with erstwhile demised J.Jayalalitha VK Sasikala was found guilty of corruption by the Supreme Court and has been sentenced to four years in prison on during feb 2016
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That verdict put her divisive bid to be Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu also she is now barred from contesting an election for the next ten years.
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Two judges of the Supreme Court delivered their ruling separately, but agreed that Ms Sasikala had, in the early 90s, accumulated an illicit fortune with Ms Jayalalithaa, the five-term Chief Minister who she lived with, and who died in December 2015 .
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The case was premised on the fact that during her first term, Ms Jayalalithaa misused her office to accrue 60 crores of assets in a shared fortune with Ms Sasikala and her relatives, two of whom have also been convicted during February 2016
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Sasikala 4 years completion and her return created much hype in ADMK ruling party circles due to the factor present ADMK Cheif Minister Mr.Palanisamy is her loyalty and thus become her choice .
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And it is interesting to be seen how Palanisamy will continue his goverence after his mentor Sasikala’s return to Tamilnadu
