Rajiv Gandhi assassination case | Tamil Nadu Governor declines to take call on convict Perarivalan’s plea
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President is ‘competent authority’ to deal with request for freedom, says Banwarilal Purohit.
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President is ‘competent authority’ to deal with request for freedom, says Banwarilal Purohit.
Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit has refrained from taking a call on a plea for the early release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict A.G. Perarivalan. The Governor said the President of India was the “appropriate competent authority” to deal with Perarivalan’s request for freedom.
“His Excellency the Governor of Tamil Nadu considered all the facts on record and after perusal of the relevant documents, recorded that the Honourable President of India is the appropriate competent authority to deal with the request for remittance vide his order dated January 25, 2021. The proposal received by the Central government will be processed in accordance with law,” the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Supreme Court in a short affidavit on Thursday.