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Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC notice to Centre, TN on Nalini's plea seeking premature release
Fp Staff •The SC on Monday sought responses from the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government on a plea filed by Nalini Sriharan, serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, seeking premature release.
Supreme Court orders release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict AG Perarivalan
Fp Staff •A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao invoked its extraordinary power under Article 142 to grant relief to Perarivalan.
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC extends parole of convict by one week for medical check-up
•A bench of justices L Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta, Ajay Rastogi also directed Tamil Nadu govt to provide a police escort to AG Perarivalan during his visit to the hospital
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Madras HC directs Tamil Nadu govt's reply on plea seeking extension of convict Nalini Sriharan’s parole
•Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bomber at an election rally in Sriperumbudur area of Kanchipuram district in the state on 21 May, 1991
Madras HC allows Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini to personally appear on 5 July to argue on plea for leave
•The Madras HC granted permission to Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, to appear in person on 5 July and argue on her plea for six months leave
Lok Sabha election: DMK releases manifesto for Lok Sabha election; Congress-ally promises to release Rajiv Gandhi's killers
Fp Staff •The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha election on Tuesday, a day after the party — in an alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu — released its first list of 20 candidates.
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Don't have hatred towards anybody, happy with whatever courts decide, says Rahul
•Rahul Gandhi, who is in Tamil Nadu for a day to launch the UPA's campaign, said the assassination of his father Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 had a personal and a legal aspect.
Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict AG Perarivalan's mother meets Tamil Nadu governor, seeks son's release
•In 2017, Supreme Court judge KT Thomas had reportedly written to the then Congress president Sonia Gandhi, wife of Rajiv Gandhi, requesting her to show magnanimity towards her husband's killers and help in remission of their sentences
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC directs victims' families to file fresh petitions against release of convicts
•The Supreme Court on Monday directed the victims' families in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to amend their petitions of not releasing the convicts, and file fresh petitions after three weeks.
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Tamil Nadu governor forwards recommendation to release convicts to MHA
•The Tamil Nadu government has sought the release of the seven convicts citing Article 161 of the Constitution, which empowers the governor to grant pardon and to suspend, remit, or commute sentence in certain cases.