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 | Photo Credit: PTI
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 decision was conveyed by the Centre to the Supreme Court hearing Perarivalan’s plea challenging the August 2018 judgment sentencing him to life. The Centre s affidavit was filed by Mohammad Nasim Khan, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
TN Governor to Decide on Perarivalan s 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, who is serving a life term in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, the Supreme Court was informed on Thursday.
A bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, S. Abdul Nazeer and Indu Malhotra, hearing a plea of the 46-year-old convict seeking suspension of his life sentence in the case till the MDMA probe is completed, posted the matter for further hearing after four weeks.
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 matter for further hearing after four weeks in view of Mehta’s submission.
The state Cabinet had on September 9, 2018, recommended to the Governor for the premature release of all seven convicts. Besides Perarivalan, other six convicts sentenced to life include Nalini Sriharan, her husband Murugan, Santhan, Jayakumar, Ravichandran and Robert Pyas.