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Updated: Apr 25, 2019 19:29 IST

Nalini Sriharan convicted for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, has moved a petition before the Madras High Court (MHC) on Thursday, seeking direction for implementing the Tamil Nadu Cabinet’s September resolution, asking the Governor to release her and six other convicts.

According to Nalini, it is more than six months that the state government passed a resolution in favour of their release which has not been implemented till date.

“The Tamil Nadu government has passed resolutions in the Tamil Nadu assembly for releasing us. Also, the cabinet passed a resolution in September which was sent to TN Governor Banwarilal Purohit. In February, I have written to the state home department and the governor to take action on the state government’s resolution. But, the state government and TN Governor have not responded to my petition,” Nalini said in her petition.

A bench of judges comprising Justice Subbaiyah and Justice Krishnan Ramasamy who heard Nalini’s petition has postponed the case to April 27. The judges also advised the TN government to file a counter petition.

Earlier on April 15, Nalini had moved a petition before the MHC asking for six months parole for attending her daughter Haritha’s marriage. Nalini’s daughter resides in London along with her grandparents. The MHC postponed the matter to June 11 and also advised Nalini to move a petition before the vacation bench if she was in a hurry to be heard.

Nalini, her husband Murugan, Perarivalan, Sandhan, Robert Payas, Ravichandran and Jayakumar are the seven life-term convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. They have been in prison for nearly 28 years.