“Convicted Terrorist Perarivalan, Set Free By Supreme Court, Enrolls As Advocate In Madras High Court”, The Commune, April 28, 2026
“AG Perarivalan, one of the life convicts in the assassination case of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, was enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Monday, 27 April 2026, as reported in The Hindu.
Perarivalan, 54, is expected to practise at the Madras High Court. His enrolment follows his release in May 2022, when the Supreme Court of India invoked its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to grant remission, citing the length of his incarceration.
He had been arrested in June 1991, weeks after Rajiv Gandhi was killed in a suicide bombing during an election rally at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. Perarivalan was among seven individuals convicted in the conspiracy case. His death sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment……”
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