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'''Disproportionate assets''' is a term used in [[India]] to describe a situation where an individual's net economic assets significantly exceed the assets he or she should possess after accounting for the assets that he or she previously held and all legal sources of income.<ref name=indianenglish2008>{{cite web|url=http://www.vsubhash.com/die.asp?word=disproportionate%20assets |title=Dictionary of Indian English |accessdate=2008-10-28 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430222644/http://www.vsubhash.com/die.asp?word=disproportionate+assets |archivedate=2008-04-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Disproportionate assets cases are investigated by the CBI [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] and the [[Income Tax Department]].<br />
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The concept is extensively used to initiate [[Political corruption|corruption]] investigations against public servants and elected politicians in India,<ref name=newkerala2010>{{cite web|url=http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-30823.html |title=Himachal IAS officer arrested in disproportionate assets case |publisher= newKerala.com|date=2008-10-03|accessdate=2008-10-28}}</ref><ref name=thehindu2008>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/09/stories/2008080950170100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080812031707/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/09/stories/2008080950170100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-08-12 |title=Engineer facing disproportionate assets case reinstated in same post |date=2008-08-09|work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2008-10-28}}</ref> and has been codified in several pieces of national- and state-level legislation, including the [[Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988]].<br />
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On 29 September 2014, [[Disproportionate assets case against Jayalalithaa|J Jayalalithaa]], [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]], was convicted of disproportionate assets and was sentenced to jail for four years.<ref name="bbc2001">[http://apvc.ap.nic.in/js/vol1/c16t1s1.html Disproportionate Assets: What constitutes the offence?''], ''Andhra Pradesh Vigilance Commission, Government of Andhra Pradesh State, India''. Accessed 2008-10-29. ''"... A Public Servant is said to commit the offence of Criminal Misconduct (of possession of disproportionate assets), “if he or any person on his behalf, is in possession or has, at any time during the period of his office, been in possession for which the public servant cannot satisfactorily account, of pecuniary resources or property disproportionate to his known sources of income”, as laid down under clause (e) of sub-sec.(1) of sec.13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. ..."''</ref> This made Jayalalithaa the first sitting chief minister in India to be removed from office due to corruption charges.<ref name="nyt2015">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/05/magazine/what-happens-when-a-state-is-run-by-movie-stars.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=Moth-Visible&module=inside-nyt-region&region=inside-nyt-region&WT.nav=inside-nyt-region&_r=0|title=What Happens When a State Is Run by Movie Stars?|date=1 Jul 2015|accessdate=2 Jul 2015|website=New York Times}}</ref> She was later acquitted on 11 May 2015 by the [[Karnataka High Court]].<ref name="acquittal">{{Cite web|url = http://onelawstreet.com/2015/05/jayalalithaa-acquitted-by-karnataka-high-court-in-da-case-read-judgment-and-case-history/|title = Jayalalithaa acquitted by Karnataka High Court in DA case – Read judgment and case history|date = 11 May 2015|accessdate = 11 May 2015|website = 1, Law Street|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>On 14 February 2017, the Supreme Court of India over-ruled the Karnataka High Court. Sasikala and the other accused were convicted and sentenced to four years' imprisonment, as well as being fined ₹10 crore (equivalent to ₹11 crore or US$1.6 million in 2019) each. The case against Jayalalithaa was abated because she had died but fines were levied on her properties.<br />
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