The Madras High Court on Wednesday extended the ongoing parole of Nalini Sriharan, a convict serving life in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, by another three weeks. The leave period would expire on August 25.

A division bench comprising Justices M M Sundresh and M Nirmal Kumar told PTI the same conditions ordered by it earlier would apply during this period. The court had ordered the Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday to file its reply to Nalini's plea, seeking an extension of her ongoing parole by 30 days from August 25. Nalini had reportedly submitted that she has moved the court as the state DIG Prisons in his August 13 letter had rejected her representation for extension of the leave for another 30 days. Earlier last month, allowing a petition by Nalini, the court had granted her 30 days leave for making arrangements for her daughter's marriage.