The Tamil Nadu government did not mince words in a note to the Supreme Court on the A.G. Perarivalan case when it said the Governor “obstructed” the decision of the State Cabinet to release the convict and acted “ ultra vires” the Constitution by referring his mercy to the President.
The Supreme Court has already made it clear that it found nothing wrong in ordering the release of Perarivalan, considering that he has served over 30 years of his life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. A Bench led by Justice L. Nageswara Rao is scheduled to hear the case on May 4.
The note given by the State government, represented by senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi and advocate Joseph S. Aristotle, greatly bolsters the case in favour of Perarivalan’s release.
