'Don't Have Special Powers Like SC U/Art 142': Madras HC Refuses Premature Release Of Convicts Nalini & Ravichandran In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case
2 years, 9 months ago

'Don't Have Special Powers Like SC U/Art 142': Madras HC Refuses Premature Release Of Convicts Nalini & Ravichandran In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a plea filed by S. Nalini and RP Ravichandran, convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case, seeking premature release. The bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice N Mala observed that the High Court did not have special powers that the Supreme Court has under Article 142 of the Constitution. The court had also observed that the powers of the Supreme Court under Article 142 could not be compared to the powers of the High Court under Article 226 and suggested that if the petitioner was seeking a release on the basis of the recent Supreme Court order releasing Perarivalan, the petitioner could move the Supreme Court. the court had asked the petitioner to first establish that a bail application was maintainable after which the court shall hear the bail application Case Title: S. Nalini v. State of Tamil Nadu and others

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Plea In Madras High Court Seeks Constitution Of Special Bench For Faster Disposal Of Cases Against Public Spirited Persons, Journalists & Youtubers
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Plea In Madras High Court Seeks Constitution Of Special Bench For Faster Disposal Of Cases Against Public Spirited Persons, Journalists & Youtubers

Live Law  

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

Live Law  

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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 …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Bar Of Limitation Can't Be Avoided By Resorting To Article 136 When Statutory Appeal Available: Supreme Court

Live Law  

A Special Leave Petition filed against an order passed by National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Chennai was dismissed yesterday by a three-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra. Pertinently, the Bench made an observation that a bar of limitation cannot be obviated or circumvented by taking recourse of proceedings …

Orders Passed Under S.194 CrPC Purely Administrative, Cannot Be Questioned Unless Apparently Illegal: Madras High Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Orders Passed Under S.194 CrPC Purely Administrative, Cannot Be Questioned Unless Apparently Illegal: Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently observed that the orders passed under Section 194 of the Code of Criminal Procedure are purely administrative in nature and cannot be challenged unless they are apparently illegal and passed without any application of mind. Justice G Ilangovan of the Madurai bench dismissed a plea preferred by an accused seeking for transfer of his trial …

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 …

Supreme Court Upholds Order Of Madras High Court Granting Bail To Lawyer Arrested Under UAPA By NIA For Alleged Links With PFI
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Upholds Order Of Madras High Court Granting Bail To Lawyer Arrested Under UAPA By NIA For Alleged Links With PFI

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the order of the Madras High Court granting bail to Mohammad Abbas, a Madurai based lawyer who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for his alleged links with the banned Popular Front of India organization.A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Pankaj Mithal while confirming. …

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Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 27 To March 5, 2023

Live Law  

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Supreme Court Monthly Criminal Digest November 2022
2 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Monthly Criminal Digest November 2022

Live Law  

CBI Investigation - Keralite Medical Student Death in Mangaluru in 2014 - Writ petition filed by his father seeking CBI investigation - Allowed - It appears prima facie that it is not a case of simple accident as opined by the Investigating Agency - CID, Bengaluru has failed to perform its duty by not thoroughly investigating the case and tried …

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 …

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 …

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index [November 7 – 13, 2022]
2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index [November 7 – 13, 2022]

Live Law  

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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 …

‘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 …

'Have my reservations...': Rajiv Gandhi case convict Nalini on meeting Gandhis
2 years, 4 months ago

'Have my reservations...': Rajiv Gandhi case convict Nalini on meeting Gandhis

India Today  

One of the six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Nalini Sriharan, who was released following the Supreme Court's order, shared that she had reservations about meeting the Gandhi family. Speaking to India Today, she said that despite the Supreme Court's verdict on their release, her husband, Sriharan alias Murugan was taken along with Santhan, Robert Pious and Jayakumar …

Nalini, Sriharan set free along with 3 other Rajiv case convicts
2 years, 4 months ago

Nalini, Sriharan set free along with 3 other Rajiv case convicts

Deccan Chronicle  

CHENNAI: Nalini Sriharan, her husband V. Sriharan alias Murugan and three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case were released from Tamil Nadu prisons on Saturday evening. Supreme Court lawyers will also speak tomorrow.” Earlier, a convict who was set free in May earlier, A.G. Perarivalan, along with his mother Arputhammal, received the duo at the Puzhal prison. The prison …

Convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi case walk out from Tamil Nadu prisons
2 years, 4 months ago

Convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi case walk out from Tamil Nadu prisons

The Hindu  

The six life convicts — Nalini, R.P. Ravichandran, Santhan, Murugan, Robert Payas and Jayakumar — in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case were freed from prisons on Saturday evening after the Supreme Court ordered their release. Director-General of Police Amaraesh Pujari told The Hindu, “After receiving the orders of the Supreme Court on Saturday afternoon, we completed all the formalities for …

Rajiv Gandhi convicts likely to be released on Saturday
2 years, 4 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi convicts likely to be released on Saturday

Deccan Chronicle  

CHENNAI: Six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, including Nalini Sriharan, are likely to be released this evening, a senior official indicated on Saturday. The prison officials set into motion the process of releasing all six of them including four Sri Lankan nationals, following the receipt of the Supreme Court's Friday order copy setting them at liberty. Nalini's husband …

'Oh god, please no': Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini on meeting Sonia Gandhi
2 years, 4 months ago

'Oh god, please no': Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini on meeting Sonia Gandhi

India Today  

After over three decades, Nalini Sriharan, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, was released from a Tamil Nadu jail on Saturday evening. On Friday, the Supreme Court ordered the release of six convicts serving life sentences in the assassination case of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Asked whether she would meet Sonia Gandhi, the former Congress …

Supreme Court orders release of all six Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts
2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court orders release of all six Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the immediate release of six convicts who are serving life sentences for more than three decades in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. “It is most unfortunate that the Supreme Court has not acted in consonance with the spirit of India on this issue.” Supreme Court orders continued protection of area around ‘shivling’ in Gyanvapi …

‘Totally unacceptable’: Congress as top court sets free Rajiv Gandhi's killers
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Totally unacceptable’: Congress as top court sets free Rajiv Gandhi's killers

Hindustan Times  

The Congress on Friday described the Supreme Court's decision to free the killers of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi as “totally unacceptable”, and “completely erroneous”. “The Supreme Court's decision to free the remaining killers of former PM Rajiv Gandhi is unacceptable and completely erroneous. It is most unfortunate that the Supreme Court has not acted in consonance with the spirit …

SC orders release of six convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination
2 years, 4 months ago

SC orders release of six convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of all six remaining convicts in the 1991 assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, noting they had undergone over three decades of incarceration, and that the Tamil Nadu government’s September 9, 2018, decision to release them was binding on the state Governor. The court by its May 18 judgment …

Supreme Court orders release of Rajiv Gandhi murder convicts Nalini Sriharan, R P Ravichandran
2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court orders release of Rajiv Gandhi murder convicts Nalini Sriharan, R P Ravichandran

Op India  

The Supreme Court of India on Friday ordered the release of Nalini Sriharan and R P Ravichandran, convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, who are serving life sentences. The Supreme Court also noted that the Tamil Nadu government had also recommended the pre-mature release of Nalini Sriharan and RP Ravichandran. In 2014, the then-Tamil Nadu government led by AIADMK’s …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC orders premature release of all 6 convicts
2 years, 4 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC orders premature release of all 6 convicts

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered to set free all six convicts facing life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The bench comprising justices BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna passed the order while taking into consideration the case of A G Perarivalan, another convict in the case, who was released in May this year invoking its extraordinary power under …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case | Supreme Court orders release of all six convicts
2 years, 4 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case | Supreme Court orders release of all six convicts

The Hindu  

November 11, 2022 01:33 pm | Updated 08:22 pm IST The Supreme Court, on November 11, ordered for the immediate release of six convicts who are serving life sentence for more than three decades in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. A recent affidavit filed by Tamil Nadu, represented by advocate Joseph S. Aristotle, had agreed with the petitioners when it …

Supreme Court Orders Release Of All Convicts In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case
2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Orders Release Of All Convicts In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the premature release of all six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts. In the Perarivalan case, the Supreme Court held that the Governor in the matter of remission was bound by State cabinet decision. After the Supreme Court ordered the release of Perarivalan, Nalin and Ravichandran moved the Madras High Court seeking …

As Rajiv Gandhi killers walk free, here's a quick recap of the case
2 years, 4 months ago

As Rajiv Gandhi killers walk free, here's a quick recap of the case

India Today  

The Supreme Court has ordered the premature release of all six convicts facing life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. As the landmark verdict was ordered by the top court, let’s take a recap of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. THE ASSASSINATION Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, in Tamil Nadu by a …

Nalini among 6 convicts released by Supreme Court in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
2 years, 4 months ago

Nalini among 6 convicts released by Supreme Court in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of all six convicts who are currently serving life imprisonment in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. All convicts are to be released from jail if not needed in any other case, the court said while hearing the plea filed by the prime accused named in the case, …

Party disagrees with Gandhis: Congress MP on Rajiv Gandhi assassins' release
2 years, 4 months ago

Party disagrees with Gandhis: Congress MP on Rajiv Gandhi assassins' release

India Today  

The Supreme Court’s decision to release Rajiv Gandhi’s killers has “shocked the nation’s conscience”, said senior lawyer and Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi. Today, the Supreme Court ordered the release of six of the convicts who had carried out the brutal, pre-meditated and heinous assassination of our former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. "The somewhat strange and possibly unintended effect of …

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case| Union Has No Role To Play In Remission In View Of Perarivalan Judgment, Supreme Court Told
2 years, 5 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case| Union Has No Role To Play In Remission In View Of Perarivalan Judgment, Supreme Court Told

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India on Friday adjourned two special leave petitions filed by Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts Nalini Srihar and R.P. Union has no role to play in the matter in view of the Perarivalan judgment, Senior Advocates Sanjay Hegde, Gopal Shankaranarayanan and Rakesh Dwivedi, appearing for the petitioners, intervenors and Tamil Nadu Government respectively, told the Court. The …

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case : Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre, TN Govt On Plea By Nalini & Ravichandran For Premature Release
2 years, 6 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case : Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre, TN Govt On Plea By Nalini & Ravichandran For Premature Release

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on the special leave petitions filed by Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts Nalini Srihar and R.P. The petitioners then moved the Madras High Court for a sanction of their release, relying on the Supreme Court's decision earlier this year to invoke its extraordinary powers under Article 142 and release another convict, A.G. Perarivalan. But …

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up : August 8- August 14, 2022
2 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up : August 8- August 14, 2022

Live Law  

Supreme Court Judgments Section 311 CrPC Application Cannot Be Dismissed Merely On The Ground That It Will Lead To Filling In Loop Holes Of Prosecution Case: Supreme Court Case details: Varsha Garg vs State of Madhya Pradesh 2022 LiveLaw 662 | CrA 1021 of 2022 The Supreme Court observed that an application under Section 311 CrPC cannot be dismissed merely …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Nalini Sriharan moves Supreme Court seeking premature release
2 years, 7 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Nalini Sriharan moves Supreme Court seeking premature release

Firstpost  

Nalini has challenged the 17 June order of the Madras High Court, which rejected her plea for early release, and cited the apex court judgement ordering the release of co-convict AG Perarivalan while seeking to be set free New Delhi: Nalini Sriharan, serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has moved the Supreme Court seeking her premature release. …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Madras HC refuses to quash lower court proceedings against convict
2 years, 8 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Madras HC refuses to quash lower court proceedings against convict

India TV News  

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: The Madras High Court on Tuesday refused to set aside the criminal proceedings pending against Murugan, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, before a lower court in Vellore in Tamil Nadu. Justice N Sathish Kumar, who rejected the plea, directed the Vellore court to dispose of the case expeditiously. Murugan is one …

After Perarivalan, another Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict moves SC seeking release
2 years, 8 months ago

After Perarivalan, another Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict moves SC seeking release

India Today  

Ravichandran, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has moved the Supreme Court seeking release. The plea stated that Ravichandran contributed Rs 20,000 from his prison work earnings towards the Tamil Chair at Harvard University in the US, an act that "shows he is a socially conscious man" and "will not be a threat to any of …

High Court rejects plea from Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts Nalini, Ravichandran on release
2 years, 9 months ago

High Court rejects plea from Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts Nalini, Ravichandran on release

Firstpost  

Chennai: Holding that High Courts do not have the special power of the Supreme Court, the Madras High Court on Friday rejected a plea from Nalini Sriharan and Ravichandran, both convicted in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, to order their release without even the consent of the State Governor. The High Courts do not have the power …

DC Edit | SC’s Rajiv convict ruling also redefines governors’ powers
2 years, 10 months ago

DC Edit | SC’s Rajiv convict ruling also redefines governors’ powers

Deccan Chronicle  

The Supreme Court invoked special powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to set free Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict A.G. Perarivalan. But by no means has his innocence been established even if his task in a big plot on foreign soil by Sri Lankan separatist militants was just to buy a couple of nine-volt batteries that may have been …

Explained | Article 142 of the Constitution under which Supreme Court ordered release of Perarivalan
2 years, 10 months ago

Explained | Article 142 of the Constitution under which Supreme Court ordered release of Perarivalan

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Supreme Court on Wednesday exercised the power conferred on it under Article 142 of the Constitution to order the release of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict A.G. Perarivalan. Article 142 reads: “Subject to the provisions of any law made in this behalf by Parliament, the Supreme Court shall, as respects the whole …

SC cites ‘extraordinary power’ to release Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict: Article 142 explained
2 years, 10 months ago

SC cites ‘extraordinary power’ to release Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict: Article 142 explained

Firstpost  

Article 142 gives the apex court wide-ranging powers to act in order to achieve “complete justice” in any matter. Its Subsection 1 reads thus: “The Supreme Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction may pass such decree or make such order as is necessary for doing complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it, and any decree so …

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: Convict Perarivalan Walks Free After 31 Years, A Timeline of Case
2 years, 10 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: Convict Perarivalan Walks Free After 31 Years, A Timeline of Case

News 18  

In a historical verdict, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of AG Perarivalan in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Perarivalan was 19 years old when he was arrested in 1991 for buying two nine-volt batteries that were used to trigger the belt bomb that killed former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. The Supreme Court had in 1999 upheld the …

SC orders release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict AG Perarivalan
2 years, 10 months ago

SC orders release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict AG Perarivalan

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Ending the over 31-year-old incarceration of Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict AG Perarivalan, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered his release taking into account his good conduct in prison, medical condition, educational qualifications acquired in jail and the long pendency of his mercy plea since December 2015. A bench of justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai ruled, “Seeing …

Perarivalan, Rajiv Gandhi case convict, released by Supreme Court citing extraordinary powers
2 years, 10 months ago

Perarivalan, Rajiv Gandhi case convict, released by Supreme Court citing extraordinary powers

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday invoked its extraordinary powers to do complete justice under Article 142 of the Constitution and ordered the release of A.G. Perarivalan in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The court held that the Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers’ advice on September 9, 2018 to pardon Perarivalan was binding on the Governor under Article 161 …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Supreme Court orders release of convict AG Perarivalan
2 years, 10 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Supreme Court orders release of convict AG Perarivalan

India TV News  

Highlights SC today ordered release of AG Perarivalan in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case AG Perarivalan has served over 30 years of life term till date Bench headed by Justice Rao invoked its extraordinary power under Article 142 to grant relief to him Rajiv Gandhi assassination case : The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday ordered release of AG Perarivalan, who …

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