The Supreme Court on Monday said that it would pronounce its verdict in the corruption case against former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa within a week. "The judgment is almost ready, and it is likely to be delivered next week," the court announced.


Newly anointed AIADMK general secretary Sasikala Natarajan is also a co-accused in the case.


Jayalalithaa was booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act in 1996 for allegedly amassing unaccounted wealth.


The Congress government in Karnataka moved the Supreme Court in 2015 after the state high court acquitted her in the case.


A special court in Bengaluru had earlier in 2014 found her guilty and sentenced her to four years imprisonment along with her close aide Sasikala. Jayalalithaa had to temporarily vacate the chief minister post, but stormed back to power in the 2016 assembly elections.