{"id":54029,"date":"2018-09-18T14:40:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T09:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54029"},"modified":"2018-09-18T14:40:21","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T09:10:21","slug":"rajiv-assassination-case-sc-gave-victims-families-permission-to-file-additional-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajiv-assassination-case-sc-gave-victims-families-permission-to-file-additional-documents","title":{"rendered":"Rajiv assassination case: SC gave victims&#8217; families permission to file additional documents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" data-attachment-id=\"54030\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajiv-assassination-case-sc-gave-victims-families-permission-to-file-additional-documents\/rajiv_gandhi_victim_survivors\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/RAJIV_GANDHI_VICTIM_SURVIVORS.jpg?fit=660%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"660,499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RAJIV_GANDHI_VICTIM_SURVIVORS\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/RAJIV_GANDHI_VICTIM_SURVIVORS.jpg?fit=640%2C484&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/RAJIV_GANDHI_VICTIM_SURVIVORS.jpg?resize=640%2C484&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/RAJIV_GANDHI_VICTIM_SURVIVORS.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/RAJIV_GANDHI_VICTIM_SURVIVORS.jpg?resize=132%2C100&amp;ssl=1 132w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/RAJIV_GANDHI_VICTIM_SURVIVORS.jpg?resize=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEW DELHI:\u00a0The\u00a0Supreme Court, directed the victims&#8217; families\u00a0of the bomb blast which killed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at Sriperumbudur in 1991,\u00a0to amend their petitions of not releasing the convicts, and file fresh petitions after three weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The kins of those who had died in a bomb blast were\u00a0objecting to the Tamil Nadu government\u2019s decision to release seven convicts in the case and\u00a0have been urging the government to not release the convicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sixteen died and many sustained grievous injuries in the blast, which the Centre had termed as \u201cgruesome, inhuman, uncivilised and merciless.\u201d\u00a0All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham\u00a0(AIADMK)-led\u00a0Tamil Nadu\u00a0government recommended to get them out of prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advocate G Sivabalmurugan, appearing for petitioner S Abbas and three others, said their writ has been pending since 2014 when they had challenged the first decision of then J Jayalalithaa-led government to release the seven convicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Bench led by Justice Ranjan Gogoi allowed the victims to amend their petition,\u00a0regarding a proposal for the release of the convicts, filed\u00a0by the Tamil Nadu government. 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