Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict Nalini Sriharan Approaches Supreme Court For Early Release
NDTV
Nalini Sriharan has challenged the June 17 order of the Madras High Court, which rejected her plea for early release, and cited the Supreme Court judgement ordering the release of co-convict AG Perarivalan while seeking to be set free.
Nalini Sriharan, serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has moved the Supreme Court seeking her early release.
Nalini has challenged the June 17 order of the Madras High Court, which rejected her plea for early release, and cited the Supreme Court judgement ordering the release of co-convict AG Perarivalan while seeking to be set free.
The high court had on June 17 rejected the petitions of Nalini Sriharan and Ravichandran, both convicted in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, to order their release without even the consent of the state's governor.
"The high courts do not have the power under Article 226 of the Constitution to do so, unlike the Supreme Court which enjoyed the special power under Article 142," the high court had said while rejecting their pleas.
