Here are the latest developments in this big story.According to some reports, the judge today declared her not guilty within 10 seconds. Three other people who had been convicted along side her, including close aide Sasikala Natarajan, are also acquitted.

1. Here are the latest developments in this big story:
"I am immensely content with the verdict... Verdict paved method for us to emerge like tested pure
gold ," said Ms Jayalalithaa. The 67-year-old was found not guilty in a nearly two-decades-old case
of corruption by the Karnataka High Court today. She was indeed convicted last year by a
Bangalore court.The trial was held in Karnataka to ensure it absolutely was not affected by the
considerable clout her party, the AIADMK, has in Tamil Nadu.
According to some reports, the judge today declared her not guilty within 10 seconds. Three other
people who had been convicted along side her, including close aide Sasikala Natarajan, are also
acquitted.
In September, a Bangalore judge found Ms Jayalalithaa guilty, during her first term as Chief
Minister in the 90s, of disproportionately massing assets worth Rs. 54 crore outside her known
resources of income. He sentenced her to four years in jail, and fined her Rs. 100 crore.
She was granted bail because of the Supreme Court after spending three weeks in jail. As a disorder
of her release, the top court asked her to warn her supporters to maintain law and order - they had
set buses on fire and vandalised buildings to protest against her jailing.
That verdict meant that she was disqualified as an elected representative and obliged to step down
as Chief Minister. Today's acquittal paves the way in which on her come back to office, but she's
going to need to contest elections within 6 months.
Fireworks and celebrations filled the air outside of the former Chief Minister's home in Chennai,
where top AIADMK leaders showed up within a few minutes regarding the verdict being
announced.

2. They included O Panneerselvam, the loyalist picked by Ms Jayalalithaa as her replacement, who
may have refused to utilize her office, and managed to get clear that he considers himself a seat-
warmer.
The actual situation against her was indeed filed by Subramanian Swamy, a leader regarding the
BJP, who may have indicated he can appeal against her acquittal in the Supreme Court.
When you look at the 2011 state elections, Ms Jayalalithaa decimated the DMK to win a 3rd term
as chief minister. When you look at the national elections last May, her party won 37 of Tamil
Nadu's 39 seats. The DMK got none.