Santhan

SC rejects Centre's plea against commutation of death penalty for Rajiv Gandhi's killers

SC dismissed the plea of the Centre filed against the commutation of death penalty into life imprisonment of convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

Killers of former PM Rajiv Gandhi do not deserve any mercy: Centre tells Supreme Court

The Centre on Tuesday asserted in the Supreme Court that the killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi did nor deserve any mercy.

Read: LTTE’s wireless messages after Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination (Part 2)

The second and concluding part of the LTTE’s intercepted wireless messages puts in focus the importance of Santhan for the LTTE.

Freeing Rajiv Gandhi killers: Karunanidhi congratulates 'merciful' Amma

MDMK chief Vaiko said Jayalalithaa had done a very laudable thing, adding it was a merciful humanitarian move.

Rajiv's killers Vs Afzal Guru: Kashmir's leaders cash in on a political execution

In the politically charged atmosphere, the National Conference is not the only party trying to play the victim card before the elections on the hanging of Afzal Guru.

Govt will abide by SC decision on Rajiv Gandhi killers: Sibal

Now the court has rendered a decision. We must naturally abide by it. We may or may not agree with it but we must abide by it," Sibal said.

No death sentence for Rajiv Gandhi's assassins: SC

The Supreme Court will today announce its verdict on the plea of the three death row convicts in former PM Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case

Who killed Rajiv Gandhi? Do they deserve clemency? Read this

The three killers of Rajiv Gandhi who are now on death row are at the centre of a Supreme Court petition seeking commutation of the death sentence. In this first part, we detail the plot to kill Rajiv Gandhi. Next we shall talk about the roles of the people now on death row - Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan

Judge who sentenced Rajiv Gandhi killers says too late to hang them

KT Thomas said that since Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan had spent 22 years in prison, hanging them now would amount to punishing them twice for the same crim