Madras HC stays execution of Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan
Posted on: 30/Aug/2011 2:32:34 AM
The Madras High Court on Tuesday stayed their hanging which was scheduled on September 9. Hearing their mercy petition the High Court gave interim relief for eight weeks to Murugan alias Sriharan, Santhan and Perarivalan alias Arivu.
The Centre and the Tamil Nadu government will file a counter affidavit in the case within eight weeks in the assassination case of the former prime minister of India.
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Assembly also adopted a resolution moved by the J Jayalalithaa government urging the President to consider the clemency petition and commute their death sentence to life sentence.
