Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court dismisses convict Nalini’s plea in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case July 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras high court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the 1991 assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, seeking a directive to the governor to accept a recommendation by the Tamil Nadu government for her premature release. Based on a cabinet resolution, the Tamil Nadu government had […] Read more » convict Nalini’s plea High Court Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
Top Law News States can’t grant remission without Centre’s concurrence: SC December 2, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment States cannot exercise statutory power to remit sentences of convicts, tried under central laws and probed by central agencies like CBI without consulting the Union government, the Supreme Court held today. Settling the constitutional issues that had arisen out of the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to set free the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination […] Read more » CBI featured Law Legal News Rajiv Gandhi States can't grant remission without Centre's concurrence: SC Supreme Court
Top Law News SC justifies death for convicts in terror cases April 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The decision will pave the way for his hanging and is likely to have an impact on 17 other convicts on the death row including those held guilty in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Devinderpal Singh Bhullar’s plea for commutation of the death sentence against him, the Supreme Court today said it cannot be done […] Read more » Bhullar's execution Devinderpal Singh Bhullar Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi assassination case Supreme Court TADA terror cases
