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The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict AG Perarivalan who has been in jail for 32 years.

Updated Feb 17, 2021 · 10:35 pm Congress leader Rahul Gandhi poses for a photo with students of Bharathidasan College for Women in Puducherry on Wednesday. | Congress/ Twitter Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that the killing of his father former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi brought him pain but he has no anger towards the people responsible, reported the Hindustan Times. “I don’t have anger towards anybody,” the Congress leader said at an event...

Updated Feb 05, 2021 · 04:18 pm Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. | Narinder Nanu/AFP Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit has taken the stand that it is for President Ram Nath Kovind to decide whether seven convicts, including AG Perarivalan, undergoing life imprisonment for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, should be released early, PTI reported. The Ministry of Home Affairs made the submission in the Supreme Court on Thursday. “Gov...

The Centre told the Supreme Court Thursday that Tamil Nadu Governor has taken a stand that the President of India is the appropriate competent authority to deal with the state governments 2018 recommendation to grant remission to A G Perarivalan, who is serving life term in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The Centre said that the Governor recorded his decision after considering all the facts on record and perusing the relevant documents. In an affidavit, the Ministry of Home Affairs said th...

Updated Feb 04, 2021 | 22:25 IST Governor’s move will not only delay freeing of Perarivalan but also release of six other convicts recommended by state cabinet way back in September 2018. A.G. Perarivalan&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspPTI In a significant development in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Tamil Nadu Governor Banwari Lal Purohit, on Thursday, left the decision regarding the release of convict Perarivalan to President Ram Nath Kovind  The Governor’s ...

The Tamil Nadu cabinet had passed a resolution in September 2018 to release the convicts and had forwarded it to governor Banwarilal Purohit

TN Governor to Decide on Perarivalans Pardon in Three-Four Days After it was informed that Banwarilal Purohit would take a call soon, the Supreme Court said had the decision been taken earlier, it could have saved the court a lot of effort. Perarivalan during a court appearance in Vellore in 2017. Photo: PTI Rights22/Jan/2021 New Delhi: Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit will decide in three-four days on the state government’s 2018 recommendation to grant remission to A.G. Perarivalan, wh...

New Delhi, January 21 Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Thursday told the Supreme Court that Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit will take a decision in three-four days on the state government’s recommendation for pre-mature release of seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. A three-judge Bench, headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao, which is seized of convict AG Perarivalan’s plea for suspension of his life sentence in the case till the MDMA probe was completed posted the mat...