New Delhi, Dec 7 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it is not keen on granting any further adjournments on the plea of A.G.Perarivalan, convicted for former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination, seeking remission of his sentence.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, contended before a bench headed by Justice L.Nageswara Rao and also comprising Justices B.R.Gavai and B.V.Nagarathna informed him that he was required to appear before other courts for part-heard matters and requested an adjournment in Perarivalan.He asked the top court to schedule the matter for later this week.
The bench said Mehta should have notified it about his schedule sooner.
Expressing its dissatisfaction with the request for adjournment, the bench told Mehta: “What do we do? “##@##The bench expressed its dissatisfaction with the request for adjournment and asked Mehta: “What do we do? “
A senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayan representing Perarivalan said that his client had been held in custody for over 30 years and that some relief should have been granted to him .
He informed the bench that the Tamil Nadu Governor’s decision has not been recorded.After a brief hearing, the top court set the matter for a further hearing in January.”But, don’t take any further adjournments!” it stressed.
In February, this year, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs had informed the Supreme Court that Tamil Nadu Governor has recorded that President is the competent authority to deal with pardon plea of Perarivalan.
In 2014, the top court had commuted his death penalty to life imprisonment on the ground of delay in deciding their mercy petitions.Perarivalan was sentenced to death for aiding in making the bomb, which killed Gandhi.
On various occasions, the Supreme Court had expressed its dissatisfaction over the pendency of the pardon plea of Perarivalan for over two years with the Tamil Nadu Governor.Perarivalan had requested the release of Perarivalan and the remission of his sentence.
He had also cited the recommendation made by the state government in 2018 for his release.
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