(June 12, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Madras (Chennai) High Court has adjourned hearing on a petition seeking early release of Nalini Sriharan - jailed for the past 17 years - for protecting the assassins of ex-premier Rajiv Gandhi.
The petition points out that her behaviour during imprisonment had been good and she should be freed soon.
Nalini, who is serving the sentence in the Vellore prison recently filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking her release on grounds of good conduct.
Nalini had sought release a few years back and it was rejected by the prison officials on 28 December in 2006.
Release opposed
When the case came up for hearing Thursday in the Madras High Court. Janata Party president Subramania Swamy had filed a petition against the release of Nalini.
He requested the Court to implead himself as a party in the proceedings.
Counsel for Subramanya Swamy, Rajagopal said that Swamy should be considered as a party to the proceedings keeping in mind the welfare of the society.
He contended that the Supreme Court had sentenced Nalini to death and it was already brought down to a life sentence.
The convict does not have any inherent right to demand premature release.
Elangovan, who appeared for Nalini, said that the allegations by Swamy were baseless and requested time to file his reply.
Wilson, who appeared for the State and the Centre also followed suit and wanted more time to file the reply.
Following this, the case was adjourned by Judge Nagamuthu to 18 June.
Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Vadra had said her family had pardoned Sriharan after a controversial secret meeting with her in March.
The trip raised a lot of eyebrows as their was no official record in the visitors book at the prison of her visit. However Priyanka Gandhi said the visit was ‘to come to terms with reality’.
Conspiracy theorists see a larger gameplan in her visit and Nalini’s subsequent plea for release from the prison.
If the rumours doing the rounds are to be given credence then the Rajiv Gandhi assassination has plenty of wheels within wheels.
A female suicide bomber sent by the Sri Lankan Tamil separatist group LTTE killed Gandhi at an election rally in Sriperumbadur in Tamilnadu state in 1991.
The assassination that shocked India is seen as a reaction after Indian troops briefly engaged the rebels in a chaotic battle to halt the separatist war in Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka Guardian
The petition points out that her behaviour during imprisonment had been good and she should be freed soon.
Nalini, who is serving the sentence in the Vellore prison recently filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking her release on grounds of good conduct.
Nalini had sought release a few years back and it was rejected by the prison officials on 28 December in 2006.
Release opposed
When the case came up for hearing Thursday in the Madras High Court. Janata Party president Subramania Swamy had filed a petition against the release of Nalini.
He requested the Court to implead himself as a party in the proceedings.
Counsel for Subramanya Swamy, Rajagopal said that Swamy should be considered as a party to the proceedings keeping in mind the welfare of the society.
He contended that the Supreme Court had sentenced Nalini to death and it was already brought down to a life sentence.
The convict does not have any inherent right to demand premature release.
Elangovan, who appeared for Nalini, said that the allegations by Swamy were baseless and requested time to file his reply.
Wilson, who appeared for the State and the Centre also followed suit and wanted more time to file the reply.
Following this, the case was adjourned by Judge Nagamuthu to 18 June.
Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Vadra had said her family had pardoned Sriharan after a controversial secret meeting with her in March.
The trip raised a lot of eyebrows as their was no official record in the visitors book at the prison of her visit. However Priyanka Gandhi said the visit was ‘to come to terms with reality’.
Conspiracy theorists see a larger gameplan in her visit and Nalini’s subsequent plea for release from the prison.
If the rumours doing the rounds are to be given credence then the Rajiv Gandhi assassination has plenty of wheels within wheels.
A female suicide bomber sent by the Sri Lankan Tamil separatist group LTTE killed Gandhi at an election rally in Sriperumbadur in Tamilnadu state in 1991.
The assassination that shocked India is seen as a reaction after Indian troops briefly engaged the rebels in a chaotic battle to halt the separatist war in Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka Guardian
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