: Rajiv Gandhi assassination: Congress to file review petition against early release of convicts #IndiaNEWS Congress on Monday said that it will to file a review petition in the Supreme Court against

Rajiv Gandhi assassination: Congress to file review petition against early release of convicts #IndiaNEWS
Congress on Monday said that it will to file a review petition in the Supreme Court against the early release of six convicts in the assassination case of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, PTI reported.Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the party is yet to decide whether it will file an intervention application in the review petition already filed by the Centre, or move a separate plea.On November 11, the Supreme Court had granted early release to convicts Nalini Sriharan, Robert Pais, Ravichandran, Suthenthira Raja, Shriharan alias Murugan and Jaikumar. All of them were serving life sentences.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna held that the order passed to release another convict AG Perarivalan was applicable to the six other convicts also. Perarivalan had been released in May.The court had also noted that the Tamil Nadu government had recommended the release of the convicts, but that the governor did not act on the recommendation. The judges observed that the convicts had spent more than three decades behind bars, and that their behaviour in prison was satisfactory.On November 18, the Centre filed a review petition against the Supreme Court’s decision, contending that the order was passed without hearing its side. The Centre said the convicts had not made the...Read more

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