Beant Singh assassination: Gurdwara body to call 'Panthic' parties meet on Rajoana plea
1 year ago

Beant Singh assassination: Gurdwara body to call 'Panthic' parties meet on Rajoana plea

India Today  

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Thursday said it has decided to call a meeting of representatives of the 'Panthic' parties to discuss the issue of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a death row convict in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassination case. A decision in this regard was taken days after Rajoana wrote to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, seeking withdrawal of a mercy petition. Rajoana, the convict in the 1995 Beant Singh assassination case, is currently lodged in the Patiala central jail. Speaking to reporters, SGPC president H S Dhami said that in the letter sent by Rajoana, he had asked the SGPC to withdraw its mercy petition filed for him and also mentioned starting a hunger strike from December 5.

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Punjab: Sikh hardliners submit memo to Takht
6 days, 7 hours ago

Punjab: Sikh hardliners submit memo to Takht

Hindustan Times  

Backed by Dal Khalsa, Sikh hardliners on Wednesday gathered at Akal Takht to extend solidarity with former militant Narain Singh Chaura, who made an assassination bid on Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal’s life at the Golden Temple on December 4. The Sikh organisations also lodged their protest against the SGPC executive committee resolution that has urged Akal Takht …

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

Death row convict Rajoana calls for Sikh unity to fight ‘conspiracy’
1 month ago

Death row convict Rajoana calls for Sikh unity to fight ‘conspiracy’

Hindustan Times  

Balwant Singh Rajoana, a death row convict in the case of the assassination of former chief minister Beant Singh, on Wednesday urged Sikhs to unite and strengthen their organisations for the survival of the community. Balwant Singh Rajoana, a death row convict in the Beant Singh assassination case, attending the prayer meet of his brother, Kulwant Singh, at a gurdwara …

Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana Gets 3 Hour Parole To Attend Brother's Funeral
1 month ago

Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana Gets 3 Hour Parole To Attend Brother's Funeral

ABP News  

Rajoana was linked to the Babbar Khalsa, a militant Sikh separatist group responsible for violent activities during the insurgency in Punjab. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi appearing for Rajoana termed the delay in deciding the mercy petition by President as "shocking". He pressed for an interim relief, saying that he has been in the jail for 29 years and the court …

HC allows Rajoana to attend brother’s bhog ceremony
1 month ago

HC allows Rajoana to attend brother’s bhog ceremony

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab and Haryana high court has granted three-hour parole to Balwant Singh Rajoana to attend the bhog ceremony of his brother in Ludhiana. HC allows Rajoana to attend brother’s bhog ceremony Rajoana, sentenced to death in 2007 for his role as a backup bomber in the blast that killed former chief minister Beant Singh and 16 others in 1995, …

Beant assassination case: SC urges decision on Rajoana's mercy plea
1 month ago

Beant assassination case: SC urges decision on Rajoana's mercy plea

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: 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 …

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

SC urges President to decide Balwant Singh's mercy plea in two weeks or it will consider interim relief
1 month, 1 week ago

SC urges President to decide Balwant Singh's mercy plea in two weeks or it will consider interim relief

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday requested the President of India to decide within two weeks on the mercy plea filed by Balwant Singh Rajoana, one of the death row convicts in the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995. If no decision is made within this time frame, the Court will consider Rajoana's interim relief …

Punjab: 2 shooters of Arsh Dalla gang held for Sikh activist’s murder
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Punjab: 2 shooters of Arsh Dalla gang held for Sikh activist’s murder

Hindustan Times  

Mohali : Punjab Police arrested two key shooters, members of the Arsh Dalla gang, from Kharar on Saturday, a month after Gurpreet Singh, alias Bhodi, a Kotkapura-based Sikh activist, was shot dead by four assailants at Hari Nau village in Faridkot district. Punjab Police arrested two key shooters, members of the Arsh Dalla gang, from Kharar on Saturday, a month …

Hari Nau Sikh activist’s murder: Punjab police nab key shooters, members of Arsh Dalla gang
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hari Nau Sikh activist’s murder: Punjab police nab key shooters, members of Arsh Dalla gang

Hindustan Times  

A month after Gurpreet Singh Hari Nau, alias Bhodi, a Kotkapura-based Sikh activist, was shot dead by four assailants at Hari Nau village in Faridkot district, the counter-intelligence wing of Punjab police arrested two key shooters, members of Arsh Dalla gang from Kharar, Mohali on Saturday. Gurpreet was a member of ‘Waris Punjab De’, an organisation associated with Khadoor Sahib …

Punjab: Sikh scholars bat for political, religious punishment to Sukhbir
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Punjab: Sikh scholars bat for political, religious punishment to Sukhbir

Hindustan Times  

A majority of Sikh scholars and intellectuals on Wednesday suggested both political and religious punishment for Shiromani Akali Dal Sukhbir Singh Badal, who was declared tankhaiya, in an indication of a decision involving his leadership. Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh had called a meeting with the Sikh scholars, intellectuals and veteran journalists to take their opinion on punishment to …

Beant Singh assassination: Supreme Court refuses interim relief for Rajoana
1 month, 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
3 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Pannun murder plot: Nikhil Gupta hasn’t sought consular access, says MEA
6 months ago

Pannun murder plot: Nikhil Gupta hasn’t sought consular access, says MEA

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI : The ministry of external affairs on Friday said it did not receive a formal request for consular access for Indian national Nikhil Gupta, who was extradited to the US last week. Gupta pleaded not guilty on Monday to murder-for-hire conspiracy charges in a court in Manhattan and a source close to his family told Reuters on Thursday …

Gurpatwant Pannun murder plot: Nikhil Gupta, accused of murder-for-hire plot against Sikh separatist Pannun, pleads not guilty in U.S. court
6 months, 1 week ago

Gurpatwant Pannun murder plot: Nikhil Gupta, accused of murder-for-hire plot against Sikh separatist Pannun, pleads not guilty in U.S. court

The Hindu  

Indian national Nikhil Gupta, accused of being involved in a murder-for-hire plot against a Sikh extremist on American soil, on June 17 pleaded not guilty in the case at a federal court in New York. He was arrested in the Czech Republic last year at the request of the U.S. government on charges of being involved in a plot to …

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun murder plot: Nikhil Gupta extradited to US in Sikh separatist case
6 months, 1 week ago

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun murder plot: Nikhil Gupta extradited to US in Sikh separatist case

Live Mint  

An Indian man suspected by the U.S. of involvement in an unsuccessful plot to kill a Sikh separatist on American soil has been extradited to the United States from the Czech Republic, according to the federal Bureau of Prisons website and a source familiar with the matter. Nikhil Gupta has been accused by U.S. federal prosecutors of plotting with an …

'Can cause significant damage...': Indian-American lawmakers on Pannun foiled murder plot
1 year ago

'Can cause significant damage...': Indian-American lawmakers on Pannun foiled murder plot

India TV News  

Indian-American lawmakers in the US Congress on Friday expressed concern over the indictment of the Indian national in the alleged murder plot against designated Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and called on the Modi government to properly investigate the matter, otherwise, it can "significantly damage" the India-US partnership. US Representatives Ami Bera, Pramila Jayapal, Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Shri …

Top US Official On India Visit 'Acknowledges' Panel Formed By Modi Govt To Probe 'Pannun Murder' Plot
1 year ago

Top US Official On India Visit 'Acknowledges' Panel Formed By Modi Govt To Probe 'Pannun Murder' Plot

ABP News  

Jon Finer, the Principal Deputy National Security Advisor of US President Joe Biden, has taken note of the decision of the Government of India to set up a panel to probe the allegations of an attempt by an Indian official to kill a separatist Sikh leader in the US, stated a White House readout. "Finer acknowledged India’s establishment of a …

SAD leaders stopped from meeting Rajoana: SGPC chief slams ‘autocratic attitude’ of govt
1 year ago

SAD leaders stopped from meeting Rajoana: SGPC chief slams ‘autocratic attitude’ of govt

Hindustan Times  

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Harjinder Singh Dhami stopping Shiromani Akali Dal leaders Bikram Singh Majithia and Virsa Singh Valtoha from meeting Balwant Singh Rajoana, death row convict in former chief minister Beant Singh assassination case, lodged in Central Jail, Patiala, who is facing the death sentence, points towards “autocratic attitude” of the Punjab government. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president …

Jaishankar, Dy NSA meets after US alleges Indian official's involvement in foiled murder plot of Pannun
1 year ago

Jaishankar, Dy NSA meets after US alleges Indian official's involvement in foiled murder plot of Pannun

India TV News  

In the first publicly announced meeting with an American security official after the US's charges relating to a thwarted plot to kill a Sikh separatist on its soil, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met US Principal Deputy NSA Jon Finer and discussed various bilateral and global issues. The meeting between Jaishankar and Finer in New Delhi came days …

Executive meeting: Won’t withdraw Rajoana mercy petition, says SGPC
1 year ago

Executive meeting: Won’t withdraw Rajoana mercy petition, says SGPC

Hindustan Times  

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Sunday resolved to maintain mercy petition for Balwant Singh Rajoana, death row convict in assassination case of former chief minister Beant Singh. Appeals to Rajoana to withdraw decision of hunger strike Talking to the media after the meeting, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami said the Panthic representatives assembled on Saturday recommended that the Sikh …

Indian 'govt employee' offered $100,000 to an undercover 'hitman' to get terrorist Gurpatwant Pannun killed, claims US govt
1 year ago

Indian 'govt employee' offered $100,000 to an undercover 'hitman' to get terrorist Gurpatwant Pannun killed, claims US govt

Op India  

The United States Justice Department has filed an indictment against an Indian national for his alleged involvement in a foiled plot to assassinate a US-based Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York. The US Justice Department has claimed that an Indian government employee, who was not identified in the indictment filed in a federal court in Manhattan, recruited an …

Did US foil bid to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun? Was India involved?
1 year, 1 month ago

Did US foil bid to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun? Was India involved?

Firstpost  

A report by Financial Times says that US authorities thwarted an attempt to kill Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and warned India over concerns about its involvement in the matter. According to a Financial Times report, Washington has issued a “diplomatic warning” to New Delhi over an “assassination attempt” on Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil and its …

Bandi Chhod Diwas: Use ‘close ties’ with MHA to ensure decision on Rajoana’s mercy plea: Takht jathedar to DSGMC
1 year, 1 month ago

Bandi Chhod Diwas: Use ‘close ties’ with MHA to ensure decision on Rajoana’s mercy plea: Takht jathedar to DSGMC

Hindustan Times  

Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Sunday directed the office-bearers of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee to make efforts to ensure early decision on the mercy plea of Balwant Singh Rajoana, death row convict in former CM Beant Singh assassination case, by using their “close ties” with the Union ministry of home affairs. In his customary address delivered …

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun sued PM Modi in 2014, had represented terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar
1 year, 3 months ago

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun sued PM Modi in 2014, had represented terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar

Op India  

On Tuesday, Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun stirred the hornet’s nest after he threatened the Hindu community, staying in Canada, to return back to India. Screengrab of the tweet Legal aid to Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar Gurpatwant Singh Pannun also served as the lawyer for Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was killed by unidentified gunmen in Surrey on …

Another convict gets interim bail in Beant Singh assassination case
1 year, 3 months ago

Another convict gets interim bail in Beant Singh assassination case

Hindustan Times  

The Chandigarh chief judicial magistrate granted interim bail to Shamsher Singh, one of the convicts in the assassination case of former chief minister Beant Singh. The court of CJM Aman Inder Singh granted him bail on furnishing two sureties of ₹ 2 lakh each. Earlier, on May 10 and June 2, the CJM released Lakhwinder Singh and Gurmeet Singh, life …

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court sends case against Jagdish Tytler to district judge
1 year, 3 months ago

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court sends case against Jagdish Tytler to district judge

India TV News  

A Delhi court on Monday sent a case related to the Pul Bangash killings during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, in which Congress leader Jagdish Tytler is an accused, to the district judge for further proceedings. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidhi Gupta Anand sent the case to the district judge so the matter could be committed to a sessions judge, noting …

Supreme Court Declines To Commute Death Penalty Of Balwant Singh Rajoana, Allows Centre To Decide Mercy Petition 'When Necessary'
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Declines To Commute Death Penalty Of Balwant Singh Rajoana, Allows Centre To Decide Mercy Petition 'When Necessary'

Live Law  

In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to commute the death sentence of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana to life imprisonment on the ground of the long pendency of the mercy petition before the President of India. A three-judge bench of Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath, and Sanjay Karol was hearing a writ petition seeking for …

SC refuses to commute Babbar Khalsa terrorist Rajoana’s death sentence
1 year, 7 months ago

SC refuses to commute Babbar Khalsa terrorist Rajoana’s death sentence

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to commute Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana’s death sentence to life imprisonment, leaving it for the Union government to consider his mercy plea in connection with former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh’s assassination in 1995. The Supreme Court on March 2 reserved its verdict on a petition filed by Rajoana in 2020 for …

Beant Singh assassination case: SC declines to commute Rajoana's death penalty
1 year, 7 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 …

Pleas from NSA detainees: HC defers hearing for April 11
1 year, 8 months ago

Pleas from NSA detainees: HC defers hearing for April 11

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday deferred hearing on five pleas from relatives of close associates of radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, who is on the run, for April 11. The pleas demanded that they be allowed to meet the detainees and directions be given to the Punjab government to provide copies of orders, whereby these persons have …

1984 Anti-Sikh Riots : Supreme Court Seeks CBI’s Response To Former Congress Councillor Balwan Khokhar's Plea To Suspend Sentence
1 year, 11 months ago

1984 Anti-Sikh Riots : Supreme Court Seeks CBI’s Response To Former Congress Councillor Balwan Khokhar's Plea To Suspend Sentence

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, issued notice in an application filed by former Congress Councillor, Balwan Khokhar, one of the convicts in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, seeking suspension of his sentence. Kaul and Justice A.S. Oka that the petitioner has undergone more than 5 years of imprisonment, Additional Solicitor General, Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee sought permission to file a reply to …

Rajiv Gandhi Case: Centre Files Review Petition In SC Against Early Release Of Convicts
2 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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 moves SC seeking review of Nov 11 order releasing Rajiv Gandhi killers
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Citing Supreme Court order in Rajiv Gandhi case, SGPC, SAD demand release of Sikh prisoners
2 years, 1 month ago

Citing Supreme Court order in Rajiv Gandhi case, SGPC, SAD demand release of Sikh prisoners

The Hindu  

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee — the body responsible for the management of Gurdwaras, a radical Sikh outfit — Dal Khalsa and Shiromani Akali Dal have raised the issue of the release of Sikh prisoners after the Supreme Court ordered the immediate release of six convicts who are serving life sentence for more than three decades in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination …

‘Totally unacceptable’: Congress as top court sets free Rajiv Gandhi's killers
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC orders premature release of all 6 convicts
2 years, 1 month ago

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

Firstpost  

A Bench of Justices B R Gavai and B V Nagarathna said the top court’s judgement in the case of A G Perarivalan, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, is applicable in their matter New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday ordered release of all six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Earlier, two convicts - …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC orders premature release of all 6 convicts
2 years, 1 month 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 …

As Rajiv Gandhi killers walk free, here's a quick recap of the case
2 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, …

Will hug, kiss her: Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini's mother
2 years, 1 month ago

Will hug, kiss her: Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini's mother

India Today  

The mother of Nalini, one of the accused in Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination who walked out of jail today, said she is “extremely happy” with the Supreme Court’s order. Finally, they are released and I am so happy.” An ecstatic Sankarnarayanan said she would “hug Nalini and kiss her” once her daughter is home. Nalini’s brother Ravi also spoke to India …

Party disagrees with Gandhis: Congress MP on Rajiv Gandhi assassins' release
2 years, 1 month 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, 2 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: Nalini Sriharan moves Supreme Court seeking premature release
2 years, 4 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: SC orders release of life term convict A G Perarivalan
2 years, 7 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC orders release of life term convict A G Perarivalan

New Indian Express  

Timeline of Perarivalan case: * Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991, during an election campaign at Sriperumbudur. * After 11 longs years, President rejected the mercy petitions of the three on August 12, 2011 * TN Assembly, on August 30, 2011, adopted a resolution moved by Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa requesting the President to commute …

US-based Sikhs For Justice leader booked under UAPA after Khalistani banners found tied to HP Assembly complex
2 years, 7 months ago

US-based Sikhs For Justice leader booked under UAPA after Khalistani banners found tied to HP Assembly complex

Firstpost  

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has been booked under section 13 of the UAPA and sections 153 A and 153 B of the IPC, besides section 3 of the HP Open Places Act, 1985 Shimla: US-based Sikhs For Justice leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun was booked under anti-terror law UAPA and other penal offences on Sunday after Khalistani banners were found put up …

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