Tamil Nadu Agrees For Pre-Mature Release Of Rajiv Gandhi's Assassins
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Tamil Nadu government in its affidavit said that its 2018 aid and advice for the remission of their life sentence is binding upon the Governor.
The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday in the Supreme Court recommended the pre-mature release of Nalini Sriharan and RP Ravichandran, convicts who are serving life imprisonment in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Tamil Nadu government in its affidavit said that its 2018 aid and advice for the remission of their life sentence is binding upon the Governor.
Nalini and Ravichandran have approached the top court seeking release from the prison-like fellow convict AG Perarivalan.
Tamil Nadu government said 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 the remission of their life sentences invoking the power granted under Article 161 of the Constitution.
