SC Asks TN Govt To Decide Premature Release Plea Of A 'SriLankan Refugee' Who Spent 3 Decades In Jail [Read Judgment]
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SC Asks TN Govt To Decide Premature Release Plea Of A 'SriLankan Refugee' Who Spent 3 Decades In Jail [Read Judgment]

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The Supreme Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Government to decide the representation submitted by a 'Sri Lankan Refugee' who spent 30 years in jail seeking remission of life sentence and for premature release.Rajan and others were accused for committing dacoity at the house of one Pitchaikara Grounder. The Supreme Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Government to decide the representation submitted by a 'Sri Lankan Refugee' who spent 30 years in jail seeking remission of life sentence and for premature release. After a full-fledged trial, he was convicted for offences punishable under Sections 395, 302, 307 of IPC and Section 3 read with Sections 25 and 27 of 3 the Indian Arms Act and sentenced to undergo 7 years' rigorous imprisonment for offence punishable under Section 395 of IPC, life imprisonment for offence punishable under Section 307 of IPC for each count as also awarded capital sentence for offence punishable under Section 302 and further 5 years' imprisonment for offences punishable under Section 3 read with Section 25 of the Indian Arms Act. The bench disposed the petition by ordering thus: We, therefore, dispose of this petition with a direction to the competent authority to process the representation made by the petitioner dated 5th February, 2018 and take it to its logical end expeditiously and preferably within four months, in accordance with law, without being influenced by the rejection of the earlier representation vide order dated 14th June, 2010, by the State Government.

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Consider early release of gangster serving life term in murder case: SC to U.P. govt
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2 days, 2 hours ago

Consider early release of gangster serving life term in murder case: SC to U.P. govt

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has directed the U.P. government to consider within two months the premature release of gangster Om Prakash Srivastava, alias Babloo Srivastava, serving life term in a 1993 murder case. S. Oka and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh directed the State government to consider the plea seeking remission under sub-section of Section 473 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. …

SC asks UP government to consider premature release of Babloo Srivastava
2 days, 14 hours ago

SC asks UP government to consider premature release of Babloo Srivastava

New Indian Express  

The Supreme Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to take a decision within two months in connection with the gangster Babloo Srivastava's plea seeking a direction for his premature release in a 1993 murder of an additional customs collector. Babloo, alias Om Prakash Srivastava, had knocked on the doors of the apex court after the UP government informed the …

Chennai Court Sentences BJP's H Raja To 6 Months In Prison For Comments On Periyar, Kanimozhi; Suspends Sentence To Allow Filing Of Appeal
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1 month, 1 week ago

Chennai Court Sentences BJP's H Raja To 6 Months In Prison For Comments On Periyar, Kanimozhi; Suspends Sentence To Allow Filing Of Appeal

Live Law  

The Special Court for Trial of Cases Against MLAs/MPs in Chennai has sentences BJP's H Raja to 6 months imprisonment and fine for his derogatory speech against Periyar and Kanimozhi Karunanidhi. Raja had tweeted against EV Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar saying that the Atheist leader's statues should be broken and also addressing Periyar as a caste fanatic. In 2023, …

Tamil Nadu tells Sri Lankan refugee he is dead, denies his petition to reside permanently
7 months ago

Tamil Nadu tells Sri Lankan refugee he is dead, denies his petition to reside permanently

The Hindu  

The Commissionerate of Rehabilitation and Welfare of Non Resident Tamils has informed a Sri Lankan refugee that he is dead, and hence his representation seeking permission to reside in Tamil Nadu permanently cannot be considered. Filing a writ petition to shift the refugee Kanthan, alias K. Krishnakumar, from a special camp at Tiruchi to a camp at Uchampatti in Madurai …

SC to hear Maharashtra govt.'s plea on June 3 against premature release of gangster Arun Gawli
7 months, 1 week ago

SC to hear Maharashtra govt.'s plea on June 3 against premature release of gangster Arun Gawli

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of the Maharashtra government challenging a Bombay High Court order which paved the way for premature release of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli, who is serving life imprisonment in a murder case. A Vacation Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Sandeep Mehta will hear the plea of the State government in …

SC to hear plea by convict seeking to determine if a life sentence is for life
11 months ago

SC to hear plea by convict seeking to determine if a life sentence is for life

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear a petition, filed by Chandrakant Jha, who is serving life term, seeking to know as to whether the specification of 'life sentence' would mean the entire life or can it be commuted or remitted by powers given under law. The Top Court's two-judge bench, headed by Justice Hrishikesh Roy and …

SC reduces 20-year jail sentence to TN man, convicted of POCSO, on the ground of saving his marriage to victim
11 months, 1 week ago

SC reduces 20-year jail sentence to TN man, convicted of POCSO, on the ground of saving his marriage to victim

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In a rare and unusual order and just to save the convict's marriage with the victim, the three-judge Special Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of India Dr D Y Chandrachud on Monday remitted the 20-year jail sentence of the man from Tamil Nadu found guilty of the aggravated sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case | Freed convict Santhan wants to return home
1 year, 3 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, 3 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 …

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

SC orders release of six Rajiv Gandhi killers serving life terms
2 years, 2 months ago

SC orders release of six Rajiv Gandhi killers serving life terms

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday freed six convicts who have spent more than three decades in jail for their involvement in the assassination of former prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi. In the present case also, the Cabinet has resolved to grant remission to the applicants.” Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision. It is most unfortunate that …

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

Supreme Court Orders Release Of All Convicts In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case
2 years, 2 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 …

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case : Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre, TN Govt On Plea By Nalini & Ravichandran For Premature Release
2 years, 3 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 …

After Perarivalan, another Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict moves SC seeking release
2 years, 6 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 …

A Convicted Prisoner Has No Fundamental Or Statutory Right To Be Released Prematurely: Madras High Court
2 years, 8 months ago

A Convicted Prisoner Has No Fundamental Or Statutory Right To Be Released Prematurely: Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has reiterated that a convicted prisoner has no fundamental or statutory right to be released prematurely. The court was considering a petition filed by the mother of a life convict Hariharan challenging the Government order rejecting his premature release. Judicial Review of Pardoning Power The court also discussed the judgment of Sikkander v. State, in which …

Tamil Nadu CM writes to President Kovind seeking release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts
3 years, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu CM writes to President Kovind seeking release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts

India Today  

Chief minister of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin has written to President of India, Ramnath Kovind, seeking early release of Nalini, Murugan, Santhan, Perarivalan, Jayakumar, Robert Payas and Ravichandran, who were convicted for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. CM Stalin stated that Nalini's original death sentence was commuted under Article 161 and Supreme Court commuted death sentence of …

President Competent Authority to Decide on Release of Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict, SC Told
3 years, 11 months ago

President Competent Authority to Decide on Release of Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict, SC Told

News 18  

The Supreme Court was informed on Thursday that Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit has said that President Ram Nath Kovind is the appropriate authority to consider the plea by the Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict, AG Perarivalan, seeking pardon and release from prison. In an affidavit submitted before the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Home Affairs, said, “Governor of Tamil Nadu …

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case : Tamil Nadu Governor Will Decide On Perarivalan's Pardon With 3-4 Days, Centre Tells SC
3 years, 11 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case : Tamil Nadu Governor Will Decide On Perarivalan's Pardon With 3-4 Days, Centre Tells SC

Live Law  

In the matter of release of A.G. Perarivalan, the convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, SG Tushar Mehta on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that the Tamil Nadu Governor will decide, "as per the Constitution", on the remission of the sentence in exercise of his discretionary power under Article 161 within the next 3-4 days. But I have received …

TN man gets double death penalty for rape, murder of 7-year-old girl
4 years ago

TN man gets double death penalty for rape, murder of 7-year-old girl

Hindustan Times  

A Mahila court in Tamil Nadu’s Pudukkottai district on Tuesday awarded a double death sentence to a 25-year-old man, Samuel alias Raja for the rape and murder of a 7-year-old Dalit girl in June. The court awarded death penalty to the convict on charges of aggravated penetrative sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 and …

Kerala Journalist Siddique Kappan's Arrest Mentioned In Supreme Court During Arnab Goswami Case Hearing
4 years, 2 months ago

Kerala Journalist Siddique Kappan's Arrest Mentioned In Supreme Court During Arnab Goswami Case Hearing

Live Law  

The arrest and custody of Kerala journalist Siddiqque Kappan, who is under custody since October 5 since his arrest by the Uttar Pradesh police while he was on his way to report the Hathras rape case, was mentioned in the Supreme Court on Wednesday during the hearing of the Arnab Goswami's case.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, who was representing the State …

SC seeks Centre’s reply on death row convict’s mercy plea pending for 8 years
4 years, 4 months ago

SC seeks Centre’s reply on death row convict’s mercy plea pending for 8 years

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday sought Centre’s response on a death row convict’s plea seeking commutation of sentence to life imprisonment for the failure on part of the Central government to decide on his mercy petition filed eight years ago. The convict, Balwant Singh Rajoana, was sentenced to death for the murder of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh who …

Why is TN Govt Vehemently Opposing Parole Plea by Rajiv Case Life Convict, Asks High Court
4 years, 5 months ago

Why is TN Govt Vehemently Opposing Parole Plea by Rajiv Case Life Convict, Asks High Court

News 18  

The Madras High Court on Monday wondered why the Tamil Nadu government was vehemently opposing the parole application moved by Rajiv Gandhi assassination case life convict AG Perarivalan, while the cabinet has recommended release of all seven convicts in the case. The court then directed the state and the petitioner to file an affidavit on the current status of the …

Madras High Court questions TN govt over different stands in premature release of convicts
5 years, 5 months ago

Madras High Court questions TN govt over different stands in premature release of convicts

New Indian Express  

A division bench on Wednesday observed that life convicts involved in the heinous Dharmapuri bus burning case had been given premature release, which had also taken a cabinet decision and recommended to the Governor to release the seven accused in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case for early release in September, 2018. The bench was hearing a contempt application …

Rajiv Gandhi killer Nalini gets parole for daughter's wedding; can't talk to politicians, media
5 years, 5 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi killer Nalini gets parole for daughter's wedding; can't talk to politicians, media

India Today  

Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict, Nalini Sriharan, who has been serving a life term for the past 28 years has been granted the first ever prolonged parole by the Madras High Court. On July 5, the high court had granted one month parole to Nalini after she argued in person her plea seeking the relief to make arrangements for her daughter's …

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination: Madras High Court dismisses Nalini's early release plea
5 years, 5 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination: Madras High Court dismisses Nalini's early release plea

India TV News  

The Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, seeking a direction to the Tamil Nadu Governor for her premature release. Quoting Supreme Court verdicts, the bench said the law gives complete immunity and privilege to the Governor in discharge of his Constitutional obligations. The Governor cannot …

SC disposes of plea against release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts
5 years, 8 months ago

SC disposes of plea against release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday disposed of a petition filed by the collateral victims of the bomb blast that killed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, in 1991. With the dismissal of this petition, only the decision of Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit stands between the seven convicts found guilty of the assassination and their freedom. They …

SC Upholds Madras HC's Interpretation Of TN Prison Rules For Premature Release,Quashes General Direction
5 years, 11 months ago

SC Upholds Madras HC's Interpretation Of TN Prison Rules For Premature Release,Quashes General Direction

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently upheld the Madras High Court ruling that irrespective of the nature of the offence committed, if a prisoner is a life convict, he will be eligible as per the Tamil Nadu Prison Rules, 1983, for consideration for premature release on his completing 14 years of actual imprisonment. However, the bench comprising CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice L …

SC dismisses petition on Nirbhaya convicts
6 years, 1 month ago

SC dismisses petition on Nirbhaya convicts

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a PIL seeking an order to execute the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case in the next two weeks. A Bench led by Justice Madan B. Lokur asked the PIL petitioner Alakh Alok Srivastava whether the petition was a joke played on the court. Mr. Srivastava argued that it …

Clemency question: The Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
6 years, 4 months ago

Clemency question: The Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

The Hindu  

After failing to get the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case released by exercising its statutory power to remit life sentences, the AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu has taken recourse to a possible constitutional remedy. The earlier attempt in 2014 to remit the sentences under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure was stayed by the Supreme …

Release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts: Advocate-General’s advice swung T.N. decision
6 years, 4 months ago

Release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts: Advocate-General’s advice swung T.N. decision

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Cabinet’s decision to recommend the release of the seven life convicts in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, was taken on the strength of Advocate-General Vijay Narayan’s opinion that the Governor had “unfettered power” under Article 161 of the Constitution to decide on their release. Mr. Narayan is learnt to have given the opinion that …

Demand for release of Rajiv Gandhi assasination case convicts: A timeline
6 years, 4 months ago

Demand for release of Rajiv Gandhi assasination case convicts: A timeline

The Hindu  

A look at the fate of seven convicts in the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination case — Murugan, Santhan, Perarivalan, Nalini, Robert Payas, Jayakumar and Ravichandran — that had been hanging on appeals, clemency pleas and the battle between the Central and governments on powers of remission, and also between the political players of Tamil Nadu. August 26, 2011: Tamil Nadu …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC asks TN Governor to consider Perarivalan’s mercy plea
6 years, 4 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC asks TN Governor to consider Perarivalan’s mercy plea

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Tamil Nadu Governor to consider the mercy petition of A.G. Perarivalan, a convict in the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. On August 10, the Centre told the apex court that it did not concur with the Tamil Nadu government’s proposal to release the seven convicts in the case, saying remission of their sentence …

Can't free Rajiv Gandhi killers, Supreme Court told
6 years, 5 months ago

Can't free Rajiv Gandhi killers, Supreme Court told

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre on Friday informed the Supreme Court that the seven killers of Rajiv Gandhi cannot be released as the case involved the assassination of the former Prime Minister in pursuance of a diabolical plot executed by a highly organised foreign terrorist organisation. The Centre told a three-judge bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi that the Union home …

SC Refuses To Grant Parole To Murder Convict Who Sought It Only For The Purpose Of Filing SLPs [Read Order]
6 years, 5 months ago

SC Refuses To Grant Parole To Murder Convict Who Sought It Only For The Purpose Of Filing SLPs [Read Order]

Live Law  

‘Reading of Rules 10, 11 and 13 of the aforesaid Jail Manual would demonstrate that the respondent would have sufficient facilities at his disposal for the purpose of preparing the special leave petition’The Supreme Court set aside a Delhi High Court order that granted parole to a murder convict, who sought it only for the purpose of filing Special Leave …

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