[2] Jaffer Sharief started his career in the Indian National Congress under Nijalingappa.

[3] In 2012, Sharief was cleared by the Supreme Court of charges relating to expenditure on a trip to London for medical treatment.

Sharief had taken several ministry officials with him, which the court found was not inappropriate.

[4] Corruption charges were leveled against him during his tenure as Railway Minister.

[citation needed] CK Jaffer Sharief died at the age of 85 in Bengaluru on 25 November 2018.