New Delhi:
The Supreme Court on Monday sought status report from CBI after hear one of the convicts petition alleging CBI didn't probe into 'larger conspiracy' to kill former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The Apex Court will take up the matter on August 16 in the case.
On February 8, the Supreme Court had dismissed the pleas of the Tamil Nadu government and one convict seeking review of its judgement in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case in which was ruled that the Centre has “primacy” over states’ right to grant remission.
A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar had dismissed the pleas on the ground of delay in filing the petition and also on merit.
“The instant petitions have been filed by the petitioners for review of the judgement dated December 2, 2015 rendered by this court in the writ petitions and criminal appeal. The Review Petition Nos.560-564 of 2016 is barred by 208 days, whereas Review Petition (Crl.) No.27 of 2017 is barred by 358 days. There is no satisfactory explanation for condonation of such huge delay.
“Thus, though the present petitions are liable to be dismissed on the ground of delay itself, yet we have carefully gone the petitions for review, the judgement impugned and the papers connected therewith. We are satisfied that there is no error apparent on the face of the record of the case, warranting reconsideration of the judgement impugned. The instant petitions are without any merit,” the bench also comprising Justices P C Ghose, S A Bobde, A M Sapre and U U Lalit had said.
