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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has written to the President, seeking clemency for all the seven jailed convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.Stalin, in his letter, said that all the seven convicts Murugan, Nalini, A.G. .
Rajiv Gandhi Killing: As Politics Takes Precedence, Convicts Wait for Release Gets Longer
With Tamil Nadu governor passing the buck to the Centre and both Dravidian parties willing to extract their share of political mileage, the fate of the seven convicts remains in limbo.
A.G. Perarivalan. Photo: PTI
Rights08/Feb/2021
Chennai: Hours before the Tamil Nadu governorâs decision to toss the ball on the release of seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi case back to the Centre, chief minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami was making an impassioned speech at the state assembly expressing hopes of a “positive decision by the governor”.
TN Governor to Decide on Perarivalan s Pardon in Three-Four Days
After it was informed that Banwarilal Purohit would take a call soon, the Supreme Court said had the decision been taken earlier, it could have saved the court a lot of effort.
Perarivalan during a court appearance in Vellore in 2017. Photo: PTI
Rights22/Jan/2021
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit will decide in three-four days on the state government’s 2018 recommendation to grant remission to A.G. Perarivalan, who is serving a life term in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, the Supreme Court was informed on Thursday.
A bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, S. Abdul Nazeer and Indu Malhotra, hearing a plea of the 46-year-old convict seeking suspension of his life sentence in the case till the MDMA probe is completed, posted the matter for further hearing after four weeks.