The Supreme Court today deferred till March 26th the hearing on the Centre's plea against the Tamil Nadu government's decision to release seven prisoners convicted in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam adjourned the case and posted it for final hearing on 26th of this month.

Earlier, the apex court had restrained the state government from releasing the prisoners who were undergoing life sentence and directed it to maintain status quo.