{"id":56116,"date":"2019-05-09T15:02:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T09:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=56116"},"modified":"2019-05-09T15:02:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T09:32:17","slug":"rajiv-gandhi-assassination-case-sc-dismisses-pleas-opposing-tns-move-to-release-convicts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajiv-gandhi-assassination-case-sc-dismisses-pleas-opposing-tns-move-to-release-convicts","title":{"rendered":"Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC dismisses pleas opposing TN&#8217;s move to release convicts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rajiv-Gandhi-assassination-case.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"314\" height=\"160\" data-attachment-id=\"56122\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajiv-gandhi-assassination-case-sc-dismisses-pleas-opposing-tns-move-to-release-convicts\/rajiv-gandhi-assassination-case-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rajiv-Gandhi-assassination-case.jpg?fit=314%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"314,160\" 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 assassination case\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rajiv-Gandhi-assassination-case.jpg?fit=300%2C153&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rajiv-Gandhi-assassination-case.jpg?fit=314%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56122\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rajiv-Gandhi-assassination-case.jpg?resize=314%2C160&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rajiv-Gandhi-assassination-case.jpg?w=314&amp;ssl=1 314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rajiv-Gandhi-assassination-case.jpg?resize=150%2C76&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rajiv-Gandhi-assassination-case.jpg?resize=300%2C153&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed pleas of families of those killed along with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, objecting to the Tamil Nadu government&#8217;s 2014 decision to release seven convicts in the case.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said, &#8220;All aspects were covered in the earlier constitution bench verdict in the case and therefore nothing survives in the case&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, the then J Jayalalithaa-led government had decided to release seven convicts in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bomber in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed pleas of families of those killed along with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, objecting to the Tamil Nadu government&#8217;s 2014 decision to release seven convicts in the case. 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