HC Registry directed to number Nalinis plea
Chennai Mar 24 PTI After prolonged hearings running to months on the writ plea of Nalini Sriharan who was incarcerated for well over 30 years in connection with Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to order her premature release without the consent of the State Governor the first bench of the Madras High Court on Thrusday directed the Registry to number the writ petition Doubting the maintainability of the writ petition as it prayed the court to order her release even without the approval of the Tamil Nadu Governor the constitutional authority the High Court Registry did not number it so far The previous AIADMK cabinet in September 2018 had passed a resolution and forwarded its recommendation to the Governor to order the premature release of all the seven life convicts under Art 161 of the Constitution As there was nothing forthcoming from the Governors end Nalini and others had filed several petitions in the High Court for a direction to the Governor to consider their plea But no such order was passed and all the petitions had failed Finally Nalini filed the present writ petition praying the court to order her release even without the consent of the Governor Meanwhile the Supreme Court had granted bail to A G Perarivalan another convict in the case Hence Nalini also prayed the High Court to apply the same yardstick adopted by the Supreme Court and grant bail to her But the first bench did not yield to her plea and posted the main petition seeking premature release for further hearing today Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu by a woman suicide bomber of the LTTE at a poll rally PTI CORR SA SA
Chennai Mar 24 PTI After prolonged hearings running to months on the writ plea of Nalini Sriharan who was incarcerated for well over 30 years in connection with Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to order her premature release without the consent of the State Governor the first bench of the Madras High Court on Thrusday directed the Registry to number the writ petition Doubting the maintainability of the writ petition as it prayed the court to order her release even without the approval of the Tamil Nadu Governor the constitutional authority the High Court Registry did not number it so far The previous AIADMK cabinet in September 2018 had passed a resolution and forwarded its recommendation to the Governor to order the premature release of all the seven life convicts under Art 161 of the Constitution As there was nothing forthcoming from the Governors end Nalini and others had filed several petitions in the High Court for a direction to the Governor to consider their plea But no such order was passed and all the petitions had failed Finally Nalini filed the present writ petition praying the court to order her release even without the consent of the Governor Meanwhile the Supreme Court had granted bail to A G Perarivalan another convict in the case Hence Nalini also prayed the High Court to apply the same yardstick adopted by the Supreme Court and grant bail to her But the first bench did not yield to her plea and posted the main petition seeking premature release for further hearing today Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu by a woman suicide bomber of the LTTE at a poll rally PTI CORR SA SA
