Supreme Court to hear Rajiv Gandhi killers' remission case August 14
Petitions relating to the grant of remission to the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, who are in jail for the last 26 years.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday posted the hearing on August 14, for petitions relating to the grant of remission to the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, who are in jail for the last 26 years.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice directed the matter to be listed for hearing on August 14 on a “mention” made by counsel Prabu seeking early hearing of the case, which was last heard in August 2016.It was then when a three-judge bench of justices Ranjan Gogoi, P.C. Pant and A.M. Kanwilkar had adjourned the hearing after counsel for Tamil Nadu submitted that the review petitions were still pending.
Subsequently, the review petitions were dismissed against the findings of the five-judge constitution bench that TN can release the convicts only after consultation with the Centre and consultation will mean concurrence or approval.