Supreme Court Adjourns Plea For Release Filed By Rajiv Gandhi's Assassin
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A bench of Justices B R Gavai and B V Nagarathna could not take up the matter due to paucity of time.
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned to October 17 the hearing on the plea filed by Nalini Sriharan, serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, seeking premature release.
A bench of Justices B R Gavai and B V Nagarathna could not take up the matter due to paucity of time.
The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday had favoured the premature release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts Sriharan and R P Ravichandran, saying its 2018 aid and advice for remission of their life sentence is binding upon the governor.
In two separate affidavits, the Tamil Nadu government told the top court that in the cabinet meeting held on September 9, 2018, it had considered mercy petitions of seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and resolved to recommend the governor for remission of their life sentences invoking the power granted under Article 161 of the Constitution.
