Rajiv killers to stay in jail for now; SC refers case to Constitution Bench

April 25, 2014 11:01

The Supreme Court on Friday deferred the verdict in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and referred the case to a larger Constitution Bench.

The Constitution Bench will now decide whether the Tamil Nadu government has the right to release all seven life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

The Centre had filed a petition challenging the Tamil Nadu governments decision to release the life convicts.

On February 20, a bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh stayed the state governments order, citing procedural lapses on the part of the State.

Notably, Chief Justice of India, P Sathasivam, is demitting office today.

The Centre had filed a petition challenging the States authority in ordering the release of all seven convicts, a day after the Supreme Court rejected its appeal against the commutation of death sentence to three convicts in the case V Sriharan, alias Murugan, AG Perarivalan, alias Arivu, and T Suthendraraja, alias Santhan.

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