Chennai:
The Madras High Court adjourned the petition hearing of the three convicts on death row in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case on Friday. The next hearing will take place on November 29. The convicts are seeking commutation of capital punishment.
The court had, on August 30, stayed for eight weeks the execution of Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan and admitted their pleas for commuting their death sentence to life term.
After hearing arguments by senior counsel Ram Jethmalani, who appeared for the three convicts, the court issued notices to the Centre, the state government and police.
The high court stay came as a major relief for the three convicts as their execution was then fixed for September 9.