Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: Madras High Court Asks If Governor Sent Files Of All Convicts To President Or Perarivalan's Alone
2 years, 11 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: Madras High Court Asks If Governor Sent Files Of All Convicts To President Or Perarivalan's Alone

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Tamil Nadu government to find whether recommendations to release all the prisoners in Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case was forwarded by the Governor to the President or if it was AG Perarivalan's case alone that was referred. In this case, the apex court had observed as follows- "The President is symbolic, the Central Government is the reality even as the Governor is the formal head and sole repository of the executive power but is incapable of acting except on, and according to, the advice of his council of ministers. The action of commutation and release can thus be pursuant to a governmental decision and the order may issue even withhold the Governor's approval although, under the Rules of Business and as a matter of constitutional courtesy, it is obligation that the signature of the Governor should authorise the pardon, commutation or release. The court also discussed that the State should consider formulating Parole Rules which is different from Tamil Nadu Suspension of Sentence Rules 1982.

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Madras High Court orders audit of Tamil Nadu Victim Compensation Fund in all eight central prisons
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Madras High Court orders audit of Tamil Nadu Victim Compensation Fund in all eight central prisons

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Accountant General of Tamil Nadu to depute a team of 10 officers to conduct audits at all eight central prisons across the State with respect to the use of the Tamil Nadu Victim Compensation Fund. Alleging that the ‘A’ class privileges provided to the petitioner’s husband, since 2015, were withdrawn suddenly three …

Beant Singh assassination: SC gives 'last chance' to Centre to decide on convict's mercy plea
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2 months ago

Beant Singh assassination: SC gives 'last chance' to Centre to decide on convict's mercy plea

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to decide on death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. The top court was hearing Rajoana's plea seeking directions to commute his death sentence to life term due to the "inordinate delay" in deciding his mercy plea. Centre sought six …

Corruption By Prison Officials: Madras High Court Asks Govt To Take Strict Action, Rejects Anticipatory Bail Plea Of Former Prison Superintendent
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2 months, 1 week ago

Corruption By Prison Officials: Madras High Court Asks Govt To Take Strict Action, Rejects Anticipatory Bail Plea Of Former Prison Superintendent

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has directed the State Government to take strict action, including suspension against prison officials who have been involved in misappropriation of public funds to the tune of Rs. The court also recorded the report filed by the Inspector of DVAC who informed the court that around Rs 1.64 crore worth of stationary had not been supplied …

Delhi court defers judgment on case linked to 1984 riots killings in Saraswati Vihar
2 months, 1 week ago

Delhi court defers judgment on case linked to 1984 riots killings in Saraswati Vihar

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court is likely to deliver on January 21 its verdict in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots murder case against former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar. The verdict in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot murder case against former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar is anticipated to be delivered by a Delhi court on January 21. The court had reserved the judgment after hearing …

SC Gives Centre 4 Weeks to Decide on Rajoana's Mercy Petition
3 months, 3 weeks ago

SC Gives Centre 4 Weeks to Decide on Rajoana's Mercy Petition

Deccan Chronicle  

The Supreme Court of India has granted the central government four weeks to decide on the mercy petition of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict involved in the 1995 assassination of Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. The court’s decision, issued on November 23, 2024, came after Rajoana’s legal team and advocates argued that his execution had been repeatedly delayed and that …

Balwant Rajoana mercy plea: Supreme Court adjourns case by four weeks
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Balwant Rajoana mercy plea: Supreme Court adjourns case by four weeks

The Hindu  

A Special Bench of the Supreme Court of India on Monday listed death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana’s mercy plea in the Beant Singh assassination case after four weeks following a submission by the Union Government that it is waiting for crucial inputs in the sensitive case. Gavai initially dictated an order in open court, directing the Secretary to the …

Beant Singh assassination convict Rajoana's mercy plea sensitive matter: Centre to SC
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Beant Singh assassination convict Rajoana's mercy plea sensitive matter: Centre to SC

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that there was sensitivity involved in the matter related to the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. A bench headed by Justice B R Gavai was hearing Rajoana's plea seeking directions to commute his …

Beant case: SC puts on hold its order to President’s secy on Rajoana plea
4 months ago

Beant case: SC puts on hold its order to President’s secy on Rajoana plea

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday put on hold its order directing President Droupadi Murmu’s secretary to place before her the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, for consideration. Balwant Singh Rajoana is convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant …

Beant Singh Assassination: SC Urges President Murmu To Decide On Killer's Mercy Plea In 2 weeks
4 months ago

Beant Singh Assassination: SC Urges President Murmu To Decide On Killer's Mercy Plea In 2 weeks

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed President Droupadi Murmu's secretary to place before her the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, for consideration. A bench of Justices B R Gavai, P K Mishra and K V Viswanathan requested the President to consider the plea …

Supreme Court Requests President To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition In 2 Weeks
4 months ago

Supreme Court Requests President To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition In 2 Weeks

Live Law  

Specifically on Rohatgi's arguments on national security, Counsel for Punjab responded: "An affidavit was filed by the Union, wherein a national threat was stated in the affidavit that there is national threat on release of this person." However, while confirming the conviction of a co-accused Jagtar Singh Hawara, the High Court commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment. However, on …

Beant Singh assassination: Supreme Court refuses interim relief for Rajoana
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Beant Singh assassination: Supreme Court refuses interim relief for Rajoana

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant interim relief to Balwant Singh Rajoana, on death row for the assassination of the former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995, without first hearing the government’s response. In May last year, the top court did not intervene in his case on the face of the Home Ministry’s conclusion that a decision …

LN Mishra assassination case: Delhi HC to conduct hearing on convicts' appeals in Nov
6 months, 1 week ago

LN Mishra assassination case: Delhi HC to conduct hearing on convicts' appeals in Nov

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court has said it will hear in November the appeals by the convicts in the murder case of former Railway Minister L N Mishra, who was killed in a blast at Bihar's Samastipur Railway station in 1975, noting that the incident dates back to nearly five decades. LN Mishra assassination case: Delhi HC to conduct …

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 5 to August 11, 2024
7 months, 1 week ago

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 5 to August 11, 2024

Live Law  

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw 299 To 2024 LiveLaw 306 NOMINAL INDEX M Kathirvel v The Inspector General of Registration, 2024 LiveLaw 299 Kompress India Private Limited Versus Union of India, 2024 LiveLaw 300 NT Stalin Barathi v The District Collector, 2024 LiveLaw 301 P.Sibiga Dharshini v The District Collector and Another, 2024 LiveLaw 302 Suo Motu RC v Additional Superintendent of …

Madras High Court Grants Four More Months To Complete Trial In Money Laundering Case Against Former TN Minister Senthil Balaji
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Madras High Court Grants Four More Months To Complete Trial In Money Laundering Case Against Former TN Minister Senthil Balaji

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday granted four more months to the Chennai Principal and Sessions Court to complete trial in the money laundering case initiated by the Enforcement Directorate against former Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji. In February this year, while dismissing the bail application of Balaji, Justice Anand Venkatesh had asked the trial court to complete the trial …

Bhavani Revanna planned entire kidnap episode, helped Prajwal exploit women, SIT tells Special Court
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Bhavani Revanna planned entire kidnap episode, helped Prajwal exploit women, SIT tells Special Court

The Hindu  

Bhavani Revanna, JD leader and mother of Prajwal Revanna, Hassan MP, filed a petition in the High Court of Karnataka on Monday, seeking anticipatory bail in a case of allegedly conspiring to kidnap a former house help, a victim of sexual abuse, to prevent her from giving statements against Mr. Prajwal. Why in HC The petition has been filed in …

Rahul Gandhi takes a dig at PM Modi over Pune Porsche accident, says 'Narendra Modi is creating two India...'
10 months ago

Rahul Gandhi takes a dig at PM Modi over Pune Porsche accident, says 'Narendra Modi is creating two India...'

India TV News  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a Juvenile Justice Board's recent order in which the board asked the accused of the Pune Porsche accident case to write an essay. Earlier the Juvenile Justice Board in Pune granted bail to a teenager involved in a car accident that killed two people while asking him to write a …

Plea seeking trials against incumbent State Ministers to be transferred out of state should be dismissed: TN govt to SC
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Plea seeking trials against incumbent State Ministers to be transferred out of state should be dismissed: TN govt to SC

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the plea filed by Chennai-based lawyer, Karuppiah Gandhi, seeking a direction to transfer the trials against incumbent State Ministers from TN to other States, should be dismissed. Senior lawyers Dushyant Dave and Amit Anand, counsel for appearing for Tamil Nadu govt, urged the apex court's two-judge bench, …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: The story so far
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: The story so far

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on April 22 issued notice in a petition filed by Madhavi Vishwanathan, mother of murdered television journalist Soumya Vishwanathan, against the bail granted to four men convicted in the case. In February, the Delhi High Court granted bail to convicts — Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik and Ajay Kumar during the pendency of their appeals against …

Ex-convicts of Rajiv Case Leave for Sri Lanka
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-convicts of Rajiv Case Leave for Sri Lanka

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Three ex-convicts, who had spent 30 years in jail for their involvement in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination, left home to Sri Lanka by an Air Lanka flight from Chennai on Thursday after spending two years at a Special camp in Trichy following their release in 2022. The departure of the three Sri Lankan Tamils to their homeland brings to …

Three Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts deported to Sri Lanka
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Three Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts deported to Sri Lanka

Op India  

Muguran, Robert, and Jayakumar, three convicts in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination case, were deported to Sri Lanka on Wednesday from Chennai airport. Previously, the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission awarded temporary travel credentials to the three convicts in the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. #WATCH | Chennai, Tamil Nadu: Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts- Muguran, Robert …

[Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case] Issued Documents For Convicts To Travel Back To Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan High Commission Tells Madras High Court
11 months, 3 weeks ago

[Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case] Issued Documents For Convicts To Travel Back To Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan High Commission Tells Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Sri Lankan High Commission has informed the Madras High Court that temporary travel documents have been issued to Balasundaram Robert Payas, Mr. Vetrivel Srikaran, and Mr. Shanmugalingam Jeyakumar, convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case allowing them to be deported to Sri Lanka. During the course of the proceedings, the Additional Public Prosecutor informed the court that the Sri …

Rajiv Gandhi case convicts Sriharan, Robert Payas, Jayakumar to visit Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission on March 13
1 year ago

Rajiv Gandhi case convicts Sriharan, Robert Payas, Jayakumar to visit Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission on March 13

The Hindu  

The Tiruchi Collector on Tuesday informed the Madras High Court of having fixed an appointment with the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai for former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts Murugan alias Sriharan, Robert Payas and Jayakumar. Appearing before a Division Bench of Justices R. Suresh Kumar and K. Kumaresh Babu, Additional Public Prosecutor R. Muniyapparaj said …

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 04 - March 10, 2024
1 year ago

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 04 - March 10, 2024

Live Law  

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw 95 To 2024 LiveLaw 100 NOMINAL INDEX D Bright Joseph v Church of South India and Others, 2024 LiveLaw 95 M Priya v Canara Bank, 2024 LiveLaw 96 V Boovalingam v Ponnamani and Others, 2024 LiveLaw 97 T Manohar v Udhayanidhi Stalin and Another, 2024 LiveLaw 98 S Harikrishnan v Union of India and Others, 2024 LiveLaw …

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict Moves Madras High Court For Getting All Country Passport To Travel To UK
1 year ago

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict Moves Madras High Court For Getting All Country Passport To Travel To UK

Live Law  

S Nalini, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case, has approached the Madras High Court seeking directions to the state to permit her husband Srikaran @ Murugan, another convict in the case, to appear before the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai and get an all-country passport allowing him to travel to the United Kingdom and …

Rajiv Gandhi case ex-convict Santhan’s death | Madras High Court calls for his medical records
1 year ago

Rajiv Gandhi case ex-convict Santhan’s death | Madras High Court calls for his medical records

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu government to obtain the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission’s clearance to take the mortal remains of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict Santhan, alias T. Suthenthirarajah, to the island nation. Sundaresan and State Public Prosecutor Hasan Mohamed Jinnah said that a clearance from the Deputy High Commission, death …

Murugan, freed convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, moves HC for relief
1 year, 3 months ago

Murugan, freed convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, moves HC for relief

The Hindu  

One of the seven freed convicts of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, V. Srikaran alias Murugan, currently lodged in Tiruchi Special Camp, has filed a petition before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking relief. Murugan, a native of Sri Lanka, said he, his wife Nalini, another freed convict in the case, and other family members were living …

Sharon Murder Case: Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Of Accused Greeshma Seeking Transfer Of Trial From Kerala To Tamil Nadu
1 year, 5 months ago

Sharon Murder Case: Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Of Accused Greeshma Seeking Transfer Of Trial From Kerala To Tamil Nadu

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the plea filed by the prime accused in the Sharon Murder case, Greeshma, seeking transfer of the trial from Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu.The bench of Justice Dipankar Datta dismissed the appeal filed before the Apex Court, holding that since the Kerala High Court had closed the matter based on. …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case | Freed convict Santhan wants to return home
1 year, 5 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case | Freed convict Santhan wants to return home

The Hindu  

Santhan alias Suthenthiraraja, one of the seven life convicts granted premature release in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has requested the Sri Lankan President to help him return to the island nation and live there with his aged mother. In a petition sent to the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, Santhan said he was now lodged in the Tiruchi special camp …

Madras High Court judge recuses himself from hearing Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict’s plea to deport him to Sri Lanka
1 year, 5 months ago

Madras High Court judge recuses himself from hearing Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict’s plea to deport him to Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

Justice Sunder Mohan of the Madras High Court on Monday, October 9, 2023 recused himself from hearing a writ petition filed by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination case convict, Santhan alias T. Suthendraraja, seeking a direction to the Union Home Ministry as well as the Tamil Nadu government to take immediate steps for his deportation to Sri Lanka. To …

Madras High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Release Of Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict Srikaran From Foreigners Detention Centre
1 year, 8 months ago

Madras High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Release Of Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict Srikaran From Foreigners Detention Centre

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has issued notices to the Foreigners Regional Registration Office, the Secretary of Public Department, and the Tiruchirappalli District Collector on a plea filed by S Nalini, convict in Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case, for release of her husband Srikaran, a co-convict, from the Foreigners Detention Centre in Tiruchirappalli. In her plea, Nalini submitted that her husband, who …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict Murugan acquitted in Vellore jail case
1 year, 10 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict Murugan acquitted in Vellore jail case

New Indian Express  

VELLORE: The Vellore district judicial arbitration court acquitted two persons, including Murugan, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, in a case related to obstructing a woman guard at the Vellore central jail from performing her duties. Murugan, who had been in jail for over 30 years in connection with the assassination case, was released on November …

Beant Singh assassination case: SC declines to commute Rajoana's death penalty
1 year, 10 months ago

Beant Singh assassination case: SC declines to commute Rajoana's death penalty

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to commute the death penalty of Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, to life imprisonment. The top court had reserved its verdict on Rajoana's plea on March 2 after hearing the submissions of senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the convict, and …

Rajiv Gandhi: Release of former Indian PM’s assassins sparks debate on justice and human rights
2 years, 4 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi: Release of former Indian PM’s assassins sparks debate on justice and human rights

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The premature release of all …

Centre asks SC to review premature release of Rajiv Gandhi\'s killers
2 years, 4 months ago

Centre asks SC to review premature release of Rajiv Gandhi\'s killers

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Facing criticism from the Congress, the government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking a review of its order for premature release of six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. “Government's decision to file review petition against the release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts is a case of belated wisdom dawning,” said AICC general secretary K C …

Rajiv Gandhi Case: Centre Files Review Petition In SC Against Early Release Of Convicts
2 years, 4 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi Case: Centre Files Review Petition In SC Against Early Release Of Convicts

ABP News  

The Central government on Thrusday has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against its order allowing the release of all convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Centre files review petition in the Supreme Court against the November 11 order allowing the release of all convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Earlier, the Supreme Court ordered the …

Rajiv Gandhi case convicts release | Centre seeks review of Supreme Court order
2 years, 4 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi case convicts release | Centre seeks review of Supreme Court order

The Hindu  

The Centre on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking a review of its order prematurely releasing six convicts serving life imprisonment for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991. The government said the convicts had not made the Union a respondent in the Supreme Court despite being a “necessary and proper party” in the litigation. “This procedural …

Govt moves SC seeking review of Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts’ release
2 years, 4 months ago

Govt moves SC seeking review of Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts’ release

Live Mint  

The Central government has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against the 11 November order allowing the release of all convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Nalini Sriharan and four other convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case were released from the prisons last week after the Supreme Court ordered it owing to their “good behaviour”. Earlier, …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Centre files review petition in SC against release of all convicts
2 years, 4 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Centre files review petition in SC against release of all convicts

Firstpost  

On 11 November, the Supreme Court ordered the release of six convicts in the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, after the Tamil Nadu government recommended their remission in 2016 New Delhi: Centre on Thursday filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against the 11 November order allowing the release of all convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. On …

Centre Seeks Review Of Supreme Court Order Releasing 6 Convicts In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case
2 years, 4 months ago

Centre Seeks Review Of Supreme Court Order Releasing 6 Convicts In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case

Live Law  

The Central Government has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against the November 11 order allowing the release of all convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case saying that the order was passed without hearing it.Since the matter related to the assassination of a former Prime Minister, the Court ought to have heard the Union Government before passing …

Centre moves SC seeking review of Nov 11 order releasing Rajiv Gandhi killers
2 years, 4 months ago

Centre moves SC seeking review of Nov 11 order releasing Rajiv Gandhi killers

Hindustan Times  

The Centre on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking a review of its November 11 order granting remission to six convicts in the former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. On Friday, the Supreme Court ordered the release of six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. On November 11, the Supreme Court had set free Nalini Sriharan and five …

Centre moves Supreme Court over release of Rajiv Gandhi case convicts
2 years, 4 months ago

Centre moves Supreme Court over release of Rajiv Gandhi case convicts

India Today  

The Centre on Thursday moved the Supreme Court against the release of six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Last week, the Supreme Court had ordered the release of all six convicts who were serving life imprisonment in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. And now, the Centre has moved the Supreme Court claiming that …

Rajiv Gandhi killing: Kin of deceased say release of convicts ‘unacceptable’
2 years, 4 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi killing: Kin of deceased say release of convicts ‘unacceptable’

Hindustan Times  

Over three decades ago, on the fateful night of 21 May 1991 when a suicide bomber carried out the assassination of the then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi while killing 16 others in Tamil Nadu, S Abbas was oblivious that the casualties involved his mother also. S Abbas’s mother was killed in the attack carried out to assassinate the then prime …

Cried for days when he died, says Rajiv Gandhi case convict Nalini Sriharan
2 years, 4 months ago

Cried for days when he died, says Rajiv Gandhi case convict Nalini Sriharan

India Today  

Nalini Sriharan, one of the convicts freed in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, said she had cried for days when the former prime minister was killed. Nalini said that she is from “Congress family” but carries the accusation of killing Rajiv Gandhi. SEND MURUGAN TO WHERE OUR DAUGHTER LIVES: NALINI On Monday, Nalini Sriharan visited Trichy Special camp, where four …

The Taste With Vir: Was Supreme Court wrong to release Rajiv Gandhi's assassination convicts?
2 years, 4 months ago

The Taste With Vir: Was Supreme Court wrong to release Rajiv Gandhi's assassination convicts?

Hindustan Times  

There are two things that need to be said about the release of Nalini Sriharan, convicted of her involvement in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination and of the others convicted in the same case. Nalini Sriharan, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, during a press conference, a day after she was released from the prison following the …

A sense of an ending: The Hindu Editorial on the release of Rajiv Gandhi case convicts
2 years, 4 months ago

A sense of an ending: The Hindu Editorial on the release of Rajiv Gandhi case convicts

The Hindu  

The release of the six remaining convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case marks the end of a tragic episode that began with India’s disastrous involvement in Sri Lanka’s internal strife in the 1980s. Political parties in Tamil Nadu campaigned for the release of the four convicts on death row and three serving life terms. The Court, earlier this year, …

What Rajiv Gandhi convict Nalini said on meeting Priyanka Gandhi in jail
2 years, 4 months ago

What Rajiv Gandhi convict Nalini said on meeting Priyanka Gandhi in jail

Hindustan Times  

Nalini Sriharan, one of the six convicts freed this week by the Supreme Court in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, on Sunday revealed that Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had visited her in jail and asked her about the killing of her father - former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Nalini, who was jailed for the assassination of former prime minister …

The Labyrinthian Story of Rajiv Gandhi's Assassination & the Convicts Who are Now Free
2 years, 4 months ago

The Labyrinthian Story of Rajiv Gandhi's Assassination & the Convicts Who are Now Free

News 18  

The six convicts who were jailed in the assassination case of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi have been released from prison on Saturday. Rajiv Gandhi, India’s youngest prime minister at the time, was assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on May 21, 1991. The Supreme Court on Friday set free Nalini Sriharan and five other remaining convicts, who …

Priyanka Gandhi asked questions on father’s assassination, says Nalini Sriharan
2 years, 4 months ago

Priyanka Gandhi asked questions on father’s assassination, says Nalini Sriharan

Live Mint  

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had asked about killing of her father Rajiv Gandhi when she met her in prison in 2008, Nalini Sriharan, convict freed in the former Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case said on Sunday. Priyanka Gandhi had become emotional and cried when she met Nalini Sriharan in the Vellore Central Prison over a decade ago, she told reporters …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case | Four convicts lodged in Tiruchi Special Camp after prison release
2 years, 4 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case | Four convicts lodged in Tiruchi Special Camp after prison release

The Hindu  

The four life convicts — Murugan, Santhan, Robert Payas and Jayakumar — in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case were lodged in the Special Camp at Tiruchi in the late hours of Saturday, November 12, 2022, after the Supreme Court ordered their release. Of the six convicts released on Saturday, the four men who are Sri Lankan nationals who had entered …

‘See us as victims, not killers’: Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict after walking out of jail
2 years, 4 months ago

‘See us as victims, not killers’: Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict after walking out of jail

Hindustan Times  

Referring to his release from prison after more than three decades in the assassination case of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, RP Ravichandran said that time will judge them as “innocents”. Ravichandran, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, after being released from the prison, in Madurai, Saturday, November 12, 2022. Speaking with news agency ANI, Ravichandran …

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