The files relating to all seven convicts in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case seeking their premature release, had been forwarded by the then Tamil Nadu Governor to the President on January 27, 2021, the Madras High Court was told on Thursday.
When the writ petition from Nalini Sriharan, one of the seven convicts in the case and serving life imprisonment at the Special Prison for Women in Vellore seeking release even without the consent of the Governor came up for further hearing, Advocate-General R Shanmugasundaram said this to the first bench of Chief Justice M N Bhandari and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy, on Thursday.
This submission was in response to a query raised by the bench last week. Presently, Nalini was availing a month’s parole, offered by the state government.
And the bench adjourned the matter till April 25 after directing the AG to ascertain whether Nalini was punished for the offenses under the TADA Act.