Who Says Women are Not Corrupt?
By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 03:48 IST   |    37 Comments
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Jayalalitha
In the long legal battle, Supreme Court asked the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha to appear personally before a Karnataka trial court for a case against dealing with her disproportionate assets. There are several other cases against the actress-turned politician on charges involving embezzlement and monetary fraud. In 2011, Jayalalitha was convicted for criminal breach of trust and for illegally acquiring governmental property belonging to TANSI, a state-run agency. Later in 2003, she was acquitted in same case due to lack of evidence. Of the 11 corruption cases levied against her in period 1996-2003, she was acquitted in 9.

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