The Tamil Nadu government has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against the Constitution bench order in the Rajiv Gandhi assassins' remission case.

The Madras High Court on July 20 had declined to entertain a plea by Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in Rajiv Gandhi's assassination. Her plea stated that a life convict is required to stay in jail for 20 years, while she had completed 25 years and requested a pre-mature release on the same.

Justice M Sathyanarayana in response to Sriharan's plea said that seeking a direction to the Tamil Nadu government to consider her plea under Article 161 of the Constitution cannot be granted until the litigation before apex court reached finality.

Image: Nalini Sriharan has been given a life term for her involvement in Rajiv Gandhi's assassination.