The all-powerful chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa, was summoned to a trial court in neighbouring Karnataka in a disproportionate assets case and sentenced to jail on 27 September 2014. She became the first sitting chief minister of an Indian state to be disqualified from holding office due to conviction in a criminal case. In May 2015, the Karnataka High Court acquitted her of the charges, and later that month, she assumed office as chief minister again.
