As a special bench of the Karnataka High Court is to deliver crucial verdict on former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa's appeal against her conviction in a disproportionate assets case, security has been stepped up in Bengaluru on Monday and Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) clamped.

The special high court bench headed by Justice CR Kumaraswamy will pronounce the judgment at 11 am as directed by the Supreme Court, which extended Jayalalithaa's bail up to May 12.

Here are the LIVE updates —

11:10 am Jaya's lawyer B Kumar reacts after the verdict, calls it a "big relief".

11:08 am Scenes of jubilation can be seen after the court as well as in Chennai after the verdict. "Truth has triumphed," say his supporters.

11:05 am "I am surprised and shocked by the judgement," says BJP leader Subramanian Swamy who had filed a petition against Jayalalithaa citing corruption charges.

11:02 am Jayalalithaa has been acquitted of all charges. All convictions against her have been set aside. A special court had convicted her in an 18-year-old disproportionate assets case and sent her to jail in September 2014.

11:00 am Judge arrives in the court.

10:24 am Public Prosecutor in the Jaya case BV Acharya also reaches Karnataka High Court. Jayalalithaa will not be present in the court for the verdict.

10:20 am Defence lawyers have entered the court. The verdict is likely to be pronounced by 11 am.

9:40 am: Ahead of the verdict, police depolyment has been increased in Chennai. 5 ACPs, 20 inspectors, 200 constables, 3000 special reserve police constables are in place to avoid any untoward incidents.

The fate of the AIADMK chief's appeal against her conviction and four years of jailing by a special court in Bengaluru will be decided by the Karnataka High Court on Monday.

A special court had convicted her in an 18-year-old disproportionate assets case (known as DA case) and sent her to jail in September 2014. Thereafter, Jayalalithaa and four others including her closest aide VK Sasikala Natarajan, her estranged foster son Sudhakaran and J Ilavarasi were sent to Bengaluru central prison.

They were released after obtaining a conditional bail and suspension of sentencing by the Supreme Court a month later.