The Supreme Court has ruled that the Tamil Nadu State Governor will decide on the release of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Tamil Nadu State Governor will decide on the release of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
India’s longest serving woman prisoner and life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case Nalini Sriharan had submitted a petition before the Madras High Court against the Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit on May 7. In her petition before the Madras High Court, Nalini had stated that the TN Governor has delayed countersigning the cabinet resolution to release her and the six others accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
The TN cabinet passed a resolution last year on September 9 to release all seven life convicts, AG Perarivalan, Murugan aka Sriharan, Nalini Sriharan, P Ravichandran, Shantan, Jayakumar and Robert Payas, under the provisions of Article 161 of the Constitution.
The petition submitted by Nalini’s counsel had stated that this delay is a "failure of the constitutional machinery" in the State.
India’s longest serving woman prisoner and life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case Nalini Sriharan had submitted a petition before the Madras High Court against the Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit on May 7. In her petition before the Madras High Court, Nalini had stated that the TN Governor has delayed countersigning the cabinet resolution to release her and the six others accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
The TN cabinet passed a resolution last year on September 9 to release all seven life convicts, AG Perarivalan, Murugan aka Sriharan, Nalini Sriharan, P Ravichandran, Shantan, Jayakumar and Robert Payas, under the provisions of Article 161 of the Constitution.
The petition submitted by Nalini’s counsel had stated that this delay is a "failure of the constitutional machinery" in the State.