Rajiv Gandhi's killers will stay in jail, rules SC

December 02, 2015 10:58

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Tamil Nadu government cannot release the killers of former PM Rajiv Gandhi without consent from the Centre. The SC observed that the Centre has the final say in remission of sentence in cases investigated by a central agency.

The court had, on February 20, 2014, stayed the Tamil Nadu government's decision to release three convicts -- Murugan, Santhan and Arivu -- whose death sentences were commuted to life term by it on February 18. The court had, later on, also stayed the release of four other convicts, Nalini, Robert Pius, Jayakumar, and Ravichandran, in the case.

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