The document discusses the commutation of the death sentences of individuals involved in the 1991 assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The assassins were associated with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a Sri Lankan separatist group, who killed Gandhi in retaliation for India's involvement in the Sri Lankan civil war. After 11 years of delay in deciding their mercy plea, the death sentences of the assassins were commuted to life imprisonment due to issues with the rule of law.