Rajiv Gandhi case convict appeals against denial of information
The Hindu
A.G. Perarivalan said the State Public Information Officer is liable for action under the RTI Act
Aggrieved over not being provided with information relating to his mercy petition, A.G. Perarivalan, one of the life convicts in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has filed an appeal against denial of information pertaining to his “Life and Liberty” and said the State Public Information Officer, Raj Bhavan, was liable for disciplinary action for not responding to his plea under the Right to Information Act, 2005. In his appeal sent to the First Appellate Authority, Governor’s Secretariat, Chennai, Perarivalan, presently undergoing his 30th year of imprisonment and lodged at Puzhal central prison here, said he had filed a petition under the “Life and Liberty” clause of the Act seeking a copy of the Tamil Nadu Governor’s order, which was conveyed to the Supreme Court by the Ministry of Home Affairs on February 4, 2021, sending the plea for pardon under Article 161, to the Centre.More Related News
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