Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict A.G. Perarivalan moves Madras HC seeking passport issuance
A.G. Perarivalan, a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has approached the Madras High Court to expedite his passport application. The court has directed the Regional Passport Office to consider his representation.
Why it matters
The case involves a high-profile political assassination and raises legal questions regarding the rights of former convicts after their release.
The Madras High Court has directed the Regional Passport Office (RPO) in Chennai to consider a representation made by Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict A.G. Perarivalan for the expeditious disposal of his passport application pending with the passport seva kendra (PSK) in Tambaram.
Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy issued the direction while disposing of a writ petition filed by the convict, seeking a direction to both the RPO and the PSK to consider a representation made by him on September 1, 2026, for taking a time-bound decision on his application for the issuance of an Indian passport.
The petitioner was listed as the 18 th accused in the case registered pursuant to the assassination of the former Prime Minister by a suicide bomber at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991. The case against him was tried before a Special Court for Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987.
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