Mercy plea pending before Governor for 2 years: Rajiv's killer to SC
New Delhi, Aug 20 : A life convict in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case told the Supreme Court on Monday that no decision has been taken by the Tamil Nadu Governor on his mercy petition pending before him for over two years.
A bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Navin Sinha and Justice K.M. Joseph asked advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for A.G. Perarivalan, who is among the seven convicts in the case, to file the documents on record in two weeks.
Perarivalan, who had filed the mercy petition seeking remission or pardon from the Governor under Article 161 of the Constitution, contended through his advocate that he wanted to file the documents to bring it on record of the court as no decision has yet been taken on the mercy petition.
The court posted the matter for September 6 for further hearing.
On December 30, 2015, Perarivalan had filed the mercy petition before the Governor, saying he has suffered more than 24 years of solitary/ single confinement.
The now-vanquished Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka were blamed for the Congress leader's killing by a suicide bomber at an election rally near Chennai in 1991.
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LPG issue: Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned again amid opposition protests
New Delhi (PTI): Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm on Friday amid relentless protests by opposition members over the LPG situation and hike in its price due to the ongoing West Asia crisis.
As the House reassembled at 12 noon after an earlier adjournment over the same issue, Opposition members trooped into the Well and raised slogans against the government.
After laying of papers, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for refusing to understand the pulse of the people saying if the principal opposition continues to behave in such a manner, people will punish them severely.
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"Their leader is refusing to change. Now the members are also behaving like him. Their leader is indulging in drama in Parliament premises by holding plate and glass. They think that by doing such theatrics they will be able to draw the attention of the people, but people know them very well that is why they have not been able to come to power," Rijiju said.
Expressing disappointment over the Congress behaviour, the minister said no one in the Congress party is making their leader see logic.
"Still there is time to change otherwise people of the country will punish you severely," he said.
As the opposition refused to relent, the Chair adjourned the proceedings till 2 pm.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to respond to a debate on the second batch of supplementary demands for grants this afternoon.
