The Supreme Court has rejected a request to halt the release of former Uttar Pradesh minister Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani, who are serving a life sentence for the murder of poet Madhumita Shukla. The Uttar Pradesh prisons department ordered their premature release, citing a state policy on remission and their good behavior. The court has issued notices to the state government, Tripathi, and his wife, seeking their replies within eight weeks.