SC dismisses Tamil Nadu's review plea in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

The Supreme Court has dismissed the pleas of the Tamil Nadu government and a convict seeking review of its judgement in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The court, in its judgement, had ruled that the Centre has primacy over states' right to grant remission.

A five-judge Constitution Bench, headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar, dismissed the pleas on the ground of delay in filing the petition and also on merit. The verdict, which was passed by the bench on Tuesday, was made available on the apex court website



yesterday.

The court also rejected the prayer of the Tamil Nadu government and the convict for open court hearing of the pleas.Earlier, the court had settled questions arising out of the Tamil Nadu government's decision to free Gandhi's assassins. It had dealt elaborately with the situations where the Centre will prevail over states' decision to grant remission which included cases where their powers are co-extensive, where trial has been held under central laws or conducted by agencies like CBI, or when they pertain to death penalty.