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Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC orders premature release of all 6 convicts
Fp Staff •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
High Court rejects plea from Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts Nalini, Ravichandran on release
•The previous AIADMK cabinet had recommended for the premature release of all the seven accused in the case in September, 2018
'Petty politics': Congress slams govt as SC orders release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Perarivalan
•Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said that there is sorrow and fury not only in every Congress worker over the development but in every citizen who believes in India and Indianness
Explained: The long road to freedom for AG Perarivalan, convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
Fp Explainers •AG Perarivalan was sentenced to death for his role in the 1991 assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. He was 19 when charged for buying the two nine-volt batteries that were used in the suicide-bombing belt
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: Who is AG Perarivalan, whose mercy plea, has been reserved once again?
Fp Explainers •AG Perarivalan, an LTTE sympathiser, has served over 30 years in jail for buying the two nine-volt batteries that were used in the suicide-bombing belt in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination of 1991
Officer wears bloodstained cap and badge on retirement day; they were evidence in Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case
•IPS officer Prateep V Phillip, who retired as DGP (Training), was allowed possession of the bloodstained cap and badge that he wore on duty that day by a Chennai court recently
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict Nalini Sriharan attempts suicide in Vellore prison, says lawyer
•Her lawyer alleged torture by jail officials and urged Tamil Nadu chief minister to transfer Nalini to another prison claiming a threat to her life
Rajiv Gandhi death anniversary: Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi, other political leaders pay tribute to India's sixth prime minister
Trendingdesk •Former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in Tamil Nadu on 21 May, 1991 in a suicide bombing attack
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