Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit has taken the stand that it is for President Ram Nath Kovind to decide whether seven convicts, inclu...
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.
“Governor or Tamil Nadu considered all the facts on record and after perusal of the relevant documents, recorded that the Hon’ble President of India is the appropriate competent authority to deal with the said request,” the home ministry’s affidavit stated, according to NDTV.
The affidavit added that the proposal received by the central government will be processed in accordance with law. The Supreme Court will take up the case again next week.
In 2018, the Tamil Nadu government had recommended the premature release of all the seven convicts in the 1991 assassination case. The Cabinet’s decision needed a sign-off from the governor, with whom the matter had been pending since.
On January 21, the Centre had informed the Supreme Court that Purohit will decide on the recommendation in the “next three to four days”. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao, S Abdul Nazeer and Indu Malhotra were hearing a plea...
