Turning point on releasing Rajiv assassinators - Indian Supreme Court |
[ Friday, 25 April 2014, 08:35.49 AM GMT +05:30 ] |
In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Friday deferred the verdict in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and referred the case to a larger Constitution Bench. |
The Constitution Bench will now decide whether the Tamil Nadu government can release a life term convict whose death sentence has been converted into life imprisonment. Saying that an interim order staying Tamil Nadu government's decision on remission of sentence will continue, the top court added that the seven conspirators in the assassination case will not be released for now. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam framed seven questions to be addressed by the Constitution Bench, including whether after commutation of the death sentence into life imprisonment, can the government further grant them remission by releasing them. The court also said that the Constitution Bench, which will take up the matter within three months, will also address which is the appropriate government under the code of criminal procedure - whether it is the state government or the central government or both. The Centre had filed a petition challenging the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to release the life convicts. On February 20, a bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh stayed the state government’s order, citing procedural lapses on the part of the State. Notably, Chief Justice of India, P Sathasivam, is demitting office today. The Centre had filed a petition challenging the State’s authority in ordering the release of all seven convicts, a day after the Supreme Court rejected its appeal against the commutation of death sentence to three convicts in the case — V Sriharan, alias Murugan, AG Perarivalan, alias Arivu, and T Suthendraraja, alias Shanthan |
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vrijdag 25 april 2014
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