The Supreme Court on September 26, 2022 sought a response from the State of Tamil Nadu to petitions for premature release filed by S. Nalini and R P. Ravichandran, serving life sentence in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
A Bench led by Justice B.R. Gavai and B.V. Nagarathna issued notice to the State and listed the case for hearing on October 10. The court asked the petitioners to serve a copy to Additional Solicitor General of India K.M. Nataraj.
The Madras High Court had in June dismissed the writ petitions filed by Nalini and Ravichandran, who had sought a direction to the Tamil Nadu government to release them forthwith without waiting anymore for the Governor’s nod to a September 9, 2018 Cabinet recommendation.
