The Supreme Court dismissed a curative petition filed by the Centre on the Court's decision of commuting the death sentence to life imprisonment of three persons convicted of killing former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

The Supreme Court today confirmed its decision of commuting the death sentence to life imprisonment of three persons convicted of killing former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.The apex Court dismissed the curative petition filed by the Centre which was seeking a review of the decision in February last year.Centre's curative petition said that the victims in the former Prime Minister's assassination case were not heard before commuting their death sentence.In February last year, the Court had commuted the death sentence of three persons - Santhan, Murugan and Perarivalan, citing the 11-year delay in deciding their mercy petitions.The three convicts are lodged in a Vellore prison. Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991 in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.