The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea filed by 84-year-old Swamy Shraddananda, convicted of murdering his wife over three decades ago, seeking a review of its earlier decision directing that he remain in prison for the rest of his life without remission.

A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi remarked that Shraddananda should approach the Karnataka government for any grievances related to his imprisonment. Following this observation, Advocate Varun Thakur, appearing for Shraddananda, withdrew the plea, prompting the court to dismiss it as withdrawn.

Shraddananda, also known as Murali Manohar Mishra, had sought a review of the Supreme Court’s landmark July 2008 judgment delivered by a three-judge bench, which substituted his death sentence with imprisonment

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