HC declines to direct release of Rajiv convicts
Issue pending with Governor: court
30/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI
The Madras High Court declined to ask the authorities to release Nalini Sriharan and six other life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
The court said the Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers had already recommended the premature release of the seven convicts last year. A direction to release them could be issued only if the authorities had failed to discharge their duties, the High Court said. Dismissing the petition filed by Nalini, the Bench comprising Justice R. Subbiah and Justice C. Saravanan said the recommendation sent by the Council of Ministers representing the Government of Tamil Nadu on September 9, 2018, was pending the consideration of the Governor. “Therefore, it is not as if the respondents herein have failed to exercise the powers conferred under Article 161 of the Constitution of India,” the Bench said.
Issue pending with Governor: court
30/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI
The Madras High Court declined to ask the authorities to release Nalini Sriharan and six other life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
The court said the Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers had already recommended the premature release of the seven convicts last year. A direction to release them could be issued only if the authorities had failed to discharge their duties, the High Court said. Dismissing the petition filed by Nalini, the Bench comprising Justice R. Subbiah and Justice C. Saravanan said the recommendation sent by the Council of Ministers representing the Government of Tamil Nadu on September 9, 2018, was pending the consideration of the Governor. “Therefore, it is not as if the respondents herein have failed to exercise the powers conferred under Article 161 of the Constitution of India,” the Bench said.
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