Chennai, June 25
The Madras High Court today granted permission to Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, to appear in person on July 5 and argue on her plea for six months ordinary leave to make arrangements for her daughter’s wedding.
A Division Bench gave her permission to appear in person on July 5 at 2.15 pm to argue her case.
Nalini, who has been in prison for over 27 years, wanted the court to direct the SP, Special Prison for Women in Vellore, to produce her before the court so that she could argue her case for leave as party-in-person. The court had on June 11 observed that the right of Nalini to appear in person to argue on her plea cannot be denied.
According to Nalini, a life convict is entitled to one-month leave once in two years and since she had never availed such ordinary leave for more than 27 years, she made a representation to prison authorities on February 25 seeking six-month leave. — PTI
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