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 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. The Centre said the order granting remission to the convicts, who had assassinated the former prime minister, was passed without affording it an adequate opportunity for hearing despite it being a necessary party to the case. The government highlighted the alleged procedural lapse, saying the convicts seeking remission did not formally implead the Centre as a party which resulted in its non-participation in the case.

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Beant Singh assassination convict Rajoana's mercy plea sensitive matter: Centre to SC
4 weeks, 1 day 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 …

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 …

Rajiv Gandhi Death Anniversary: How India's 6th PM Was Assassinated On May 21, 1991
7 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi Death Anniversary: How India's 6th PM Was Assassinated On May 21, 1991

ABP News  

“Saab is gone ma.” A knock on the window at night, a policeman waiting outside with grim news. This is how former Union minister Margaret Alva found out about the demise of former PM Rajiv Gandhi, according to a piece she wrote in Hindustan Times on his 28th death anniversary. Tuesday marks 33 years since Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by …

Ex-convicts of Rajiv Case Leave for Sri Lanka
8 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 …

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict Moves Madras High Court For Getting All Country Passport To Travel To UK
9 months, 2 weeks 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 …

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 …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case | Freed convict Santhan wants to return home
1 year, 2 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, 2 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 …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict Murugan acquitted in Vellore jail case
1 year, 7 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, 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 …

DC Edit | Rajiv killers’ release: Govt plea raises key questions
2 years, 1 month ago

DC Edit | Rajiv killers’ release: Govt plea raises key questions

Deccan Chronicle  

The Union government moving the Supreme Court seeking a review of its November 11 order releasing all six remaining convicts undergoing life imprisonment for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is sure to spark serious discussions on certain constitutional and administrative topics. The court also cited the good character of the convicts during their long duration of their …

Centre asks SC to review premature release of Rajiv Gandhi\'s killers
2 years, 1 month 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, 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, …

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 …

Centre moves Supreme Court over release of Rajiv Gandhi case convicts
2 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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 …

The Taste With Vir: Was Supreme Court wrong to release Rajiv Gandhi's assassination convicts?
2 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, …

DC Edit | Was Rajiv assassins\' early release a little premature?
2 years, 1 month ago

DC Edit | Was Rajiv assassins\' early release a little premature?

Deccan Chronicle  

The release of the last six convicts undergoing life terms for their involvement in the 1991 assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi suddenly evoked myriad emotions in the political and public spheres. Besides politicians allegiant to the Congress Party to which Rajiv Gandhi belonged, relatives of those who lost their lives when a human bomb blew herself up and …

The Labyrinthian Story of Rajiv Gandhi's Assassination & the Convicts Who are Now Free
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case | Four convicts lodged in Tiruchi Special Camp after prison release
2 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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 …

'Thankful to people of TN': Rajiv Gandhi convict Nalini Sriharan leaves jail
2 years, 1 month ago

'Thankful to people of TN': Rajiv Gandhi convict Nalini Sriharan leaves jail

Hindustan Times  

Nalini Sriharan and two of the six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, walked out of jail on Saturday evening from Tamil Nadu's Vellore Jail after the Supreme Court directed their release based on good conduct while behind bars. Nalini Sriharan, one of six convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, speaks to media persons after release from jail. The …

Convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi case walk out from Tamil Nadu prisons
2 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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 …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini walks out of jail after 31 years
2 years, 1 month ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini walks out of jail after 31 years

India Today  

Nalini Sriharan, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, was released from prison today, a day after the Supreme Court ordered the release of all six convicts who were serving life imprisonment in connection with the assassination of the former prime minister. I spoke to my daughter today and she has thanked both the Centre and state …

SC orders release of six Rajiv Gandhi killers serving life terms
2 years, 1 month 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 all six Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts
2 years, 1 month 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 …

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 …

Congress on Rajiv Gandhi's killers' release: 'Sonia Gandhi entitled to views...'
2 years, 1 month ago

Congress on Rajiv Gandhi's killers' release: 'Sonia Gandhi entitled to views...'

Hindustan Times  

Veteran Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi on Friday denounced the release of six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, calling the Supreme Court's decision a matter of “serious concern”. The statement comes hours after the top court directed premature release of Nalini Sriharan and five other convicts in the assassination case of the former Prime Minister. Addressing a presser, Singhvi …

‘Unacceptable, erroneous’: Congress criticizes SC’s decision of releasing Rajiv Gandhi’s killers
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Unacceptable, erroneous’: Congress criticizes SC’s decision of releasing Rajiv Gandhi’s killers

Hindustan Times  

Expressing displeasure over the Supreme Court’s decision to release all six convicts serving life imprisonment in the case related to the assassination of Congress leader and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Congress on Friday said it finds the top court’s decision “untenable”. Rahul Gandhi had previously said he went through tremendous pain after his father’s assassination but he holds no …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case judgement underlines Governors cannot sit on resolutions, says Stalin
2 years, 1 month ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case judgement underlines Governors cannot sit on resolutions, says Stalin

The Hindu  

Welcoming the Supreme Court judgment freeing the six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Mr. Stalin recalled the DMK’s consistent position favouring the release of the convicts while the party was in government, as well as when it was in the Opposition. Since then, the DMK had favoured the release of …

‘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 …

SC orders release of six convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination
2 years, 1 month 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 …

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 - …

Supreme Court orders release of Rajiv Gandhi murder convicts Nalini Sriharan, R P Ravichandran
2 years, 1 month 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, 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 …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case | Supreme Court orders release of all six convicts
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: All 6 convicts set free by Supreme Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: All 6 convicts set free by Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has set free all six convicts - serving life imprisonment - in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The court noted that the Tamil Nadu cabinet had recommended their release on September 9, 2018, and this opinion will be binding on the Governor before whom the convicts had filed remission plea. His good conduct in prison, medical condition, …

Supreme Court Orders Release Of All Convicts In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case
2 years, 1 month 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 …

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 …

Rajiv Gandhi’s killers release: Congress’ outrageous stand against Sonia; ally DMK welcomes, politics at play
2 years, 1 month ago

Rajiv Gandhi’s killers release: Congress’ outrageous stand against Sonia; ally DMK welcomes, politics at play

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered premature release of Nalini Sriharan and R P Ravichandran serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The grand old party criticized the release of the convicts of former Prime Minister and Congress leader Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination. In 2004, the then Tamil Nadu Chief M0inister J Jayalalithaa triggered outrage in Congress by announcing …

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 …

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 …

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