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Nalini Sriharan and five others were serving life sentence terms in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to release six convicts including Nalini Sriharan of the assassination case of the former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.

"I welcome the Supreme Court Verdict on the release of six persons," Stalin said in a tweet on Friday.

Mr Stalin lauded the top court's verdict and said, "It is a historic blow to the theory of democracy."

"This judgment of the Supreme Court is proof that the decisions and decisions of the government elected by the people should not be shelved by the governors in the appointed positions," he said.