The Madras High Court on Thursday, July 6, 2023 ordered notices, returnable in six weeks, to the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO) in Chennai, the Public Secretary and the Tiruchi Collector on a writ petition filed by a convict in the PM Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, S. Nalini, who wants her husband and co-convict, Murugan alias Sriharan, to be released from a Sri Lankan refugee camp in Tiruchi, so that they can join their daughter in London.
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Justice N. Seshasayee told the petitioner’s counsel M. Radhakrishnan that he would be able to take a decision on the plea, seeking a direction to the FRRO to consider a representation made by her on May 20, only after the officer filed a detailed counter affidavit. The judge made it clear that he was neither allowing nor dismissing the writ petition at present, but was only inclined to give an opportunity of hearing to the FRRO before taking a call.
