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Everything you need to know about the Perarivalan mercy plea

The Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict has spent 31 years in jail

Published - May 19, 2022 01:11 pm IST

The Hindu Bureau

A.G. Perarivalan’s family shared sweet with his son after the verdict, at his house at Jolarpet, Tirupattur district on May 18.

A.G. Perarivalan’s family shared sweet with his son after the verdict, at his house at Jolarpet, Tirupattur district on May 18. | Photo Credit: C. Venkatachalapathy

The Supreme Court on May 18 invoked its extraordinary powers to do complete justice under Article 142 of the Constitution and ordered the release of A.G. Perarivalan, a convict in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

While doing so, the court took into consideration the convict’s prolonged period of incarceration, his satisfactory conduct in jail and during parole, his educational qualifications acquired during incarceration, chronic ailments from his medical records and the 2018 State Cabinet recommendation made to the Governor, to exercise the power under Article 161 of the Constitution and release all seven convicts involved in the case, having been kept pending till date.

Here are the top articles by The Hindu on the Perarivalan case.

Collection - 17 stories

A view of the Supreme Court in New Delhi.

Governor is ‘but a shorthand expression for State government’, says Supreme Court

Legal Correspondent

The Rajiv Gandhi memorial at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu’s Kancheepuram district. File

Rajiv Gandhi case-related developments invariably happened in May

T. Ramakrishnan

A.G. Perarivalan celebrates his release at his house in Tamil Nadu’s Jolarpet on May 18, 2022.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

For Perarivalan, turning point was commuting of death sentence by Supreme Court in 2014

Krishnadas Rajagopal

A file photo of Arputhammal, mother of Perarivalan, a death row convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, with the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in Feb. 2014, after State Government’s decision to release all the seven convicts in the case, in Chennai.

AIADMK claims credit for Supreme Court’s decision on Perarivalan’s release

Special Correspondent

Most political parties welcome SC verdict on Perarivalan; Alagiri says convicts not innocent

Special Correspondent

Former CBI Director D.R. Kaarthikeyan. File photo.

I expected the verdict and respect the same, says former CBI director Kaarthikeyan who probed Rajiv Gandhi assassination

The Supreme Court of India

Expected Supreme Court to fix time frame for Governor to act on State Cabinet recommendations, says Nalini’s counsel

Mohamed Imranullah S.

A.G. Perarivalan and his mother Arputhammal react to Supreme Court verdict paving way for his release, at his house in Jolarpet, Tirupattur district on May 18, 2022.

Perarivalan, Rajiv Gandhi case convict, released by Supreme Court citing extraordinary powers

Krishnadas Rajagopal

Vector of a man with a key and a businessman in handcuffs isolated on blue background

Explained | Pardon and remission, and who grants them

K. Venkataramanan

A view of the Supreme Court in New Delhi

Explained | Article 142 of the Constitution under which Supreme Court ordered release of Perarivalan

Mohamed Imranullah S.

Law and public opinion: On Perarivalan release

Perarivalan at his house in Jolarpet on Wednesday.

I was never bogged down by failures, says Perarivalan

AICC general secretary Randeep Surjewala during a meeting at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi on May 18, 2022.

Congress ‘deeply pained, disappointed’ over Perarivalan’s release, slams government

The Hindu Bureau

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin

Perarivalan’s release victory for federalism, State autonomy: Stalin

Special Correspondent

DMK president M.K. Stalin with Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K.S. Alagiri. File

Congress, DMK differ on Perarivalan’s release

Sobhana K. Nair,Sandeep Phukan

Selvaraj Murugaiyan

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

Perarivalan case: Vindicated in our stand that death penalty could go wrong, says activist

A.G. Perarivalan playing ‘parai’ in front of his house at Jolarpet in Tirupattur district on Wednesday.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

Let me breathe for now, says Perarivalan

Special Correspondent

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