Jayaram Jayalalitha has been sworn in as the chief minister of the Indian state Tamil Nadu for the fifth time.
As she arrived at Madras University to take her oath on Saturday, Jayalitha was cheered by a large crowd, NDTV reported.
The AIADMK supremo was cleared of corruption by the Karnataka high court.
Jayalalithaa had appealed against her conviction in the Rs66.64-crore disproportionate assets case by a Bengaluru trial court, which had sentenced her to 4 years in jail and slapped a fine of Rs100 crore.
The politician, along with aides N Sasikala, VN Sudhakaran and J Elasvarasi, was held guilty of holding unaccounted for income during her tenure as chief minister from 1991-96 by the trial court in September last year.
Her close aide Sasikala and Sasikala's relatives Sudhakaran and Elavarasi were fined Rs 10 crore each. The lower court had convicted them after a trial lasting 18 long years.