Top Law News Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC commutes killers’ death sentence to life term February 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major relief to three condemned prisoners in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday commuted their death sentence to life imprisonment, holding that the 11-year long delay in deciding their mercy petition had a dehumanising effect on them. A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said that the delay […] Read more » AG Perarivlan alias Arivu Chief Justice P Sathasivam Justice SK Singh justices Ranjan Gogoi Rajiv Gandhi assassination case T Suthendraraja alias Santhan V Sriharan alias Murugan
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
High Profile Cases Rajiv`s case: Reconsider mercy plea, Govt tells High Court November 29, 2011 / November 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Tamil Nadu Government today filed a petition before Madras High Court seeking to commute the death sentence of three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, even as the Court adjourned further hearing in the case to January 31, 2012. When the review petitions, filed by the Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan, challenging the rejection […] Read more » Justice C Nagappan Justice P Sathyanarayana Madras High Court Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
Top Law News Nalini shifted back to Vellore prison September 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chennai, Sep 7 In a sudden development, Nalini, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case whose death penalty was commuted to life, was today shifted from Puzhal Central Prison on the city outskirts to Vellore Central Prison. Nalini, who was lodged in Vellore Prison for the last 20 years, was shifted to […] Read more » death penalty of Nalini was commuted to life Nalini Rajiv Gandhi assassination case shifted from Puzhal Central Prison Vellore Central Prison
