INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Supreme Court has ordered that six convicts in the assassination case of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, to be set at liberty
Subsequently, their death penalty was commuted to life imprisonment.On November 11, a Bench of Justices B
Nagarathna said the convicts had spent over 30 years in prison and had spent the time in studies, earned degrees.All the convicts have been
engaged in a long battle seeking their premature release
The Tamil Nadu government had recommended their release to the Governor
However, no decision was made by the Governor, who sent their files to the President.The convicts had challenged the delay, noting that
Perarivalan, was released by the Supreme court
They had sought parity.The Supreme Court, in May, had invoked its extraordinary powers to do complete justice under Article 142 of the
Constitution and ordered the release of A
Perarivalan.The Madras High Court had in June dismissed the writ petitions filed by Nalini and Ravichandran, who had sought a direction to
had also observed that it could not exercise extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to pass an order similar to the one
Perarivalan, another convict in the assassination case, on May 18.Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on the night of
May 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu by a female suicide bomber, identified as Kalaivani Rajaratnam or Dhanu, at a campaign
rally.-with inputs from The Hindu
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