Nalini has been incarcerated in special prison for women, Vellor for more than 30 years while Ravichandran is lodged in Madurai, Central Prison and has undergone 29 years of actual imprisonment and 37 years of imprisonment, including remission. The state government had said it is the competent authority to take a decision on the petition filed by Nalini and Ravichandran under Article 161 of the Constitution and "the decision of the state cabinet dated Septemthereon is final and it can be exercised by governor of Tamil Nadu as per the aid and advice of the cabinet".īoth Nalini and Ravichandran have been on ordinary leave (parole) from Decemtill date as sanctioned by the Tamil Nadu government under the Tamil Nadu Suspension of Sentence Rules, 1982 then and there based on their request. ![]() Nalini, Santhan, Murugan, AG Perarivalan, Robert Payas, Jayakumar and Ravichandran were sentenced to life terms and spent over 23 years in jail. ![]() In two separate affidavits, the Tamil Nadu government told the top court that in the cabinet meeting held on September 9, 2018, it had considered mercy petitions of seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and resolved to recommend the governor for remission of their life sentences invoking the power granted under Article 161 of the Constitution.
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