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Remission to Convicts by States

Remission to Convicts by States GS-paper-2 President and its power (PT-MAINS) Recently, the Supreme Court of India referred to a seven-judge bench the issue of whether states can grant the benefit of remission to convicts under the Constitution by laying down a common policy. The legal issue has arisen before the Supreme Court (SC) while hearing the bail plea of a murder case convict Pyare Lal. The SC was told that Pyare Lal has been released from the jail

Comparison between the pardoning powers of President of USA vs India

Comparison between President’s Powers to Pardon in USA vs India Context: Recently, the President of the United States of America (USA) exercised his powers under the constitution to pardon his former National Security Advisor. Unlike the USA President, whose powers to grant pardons are almost unrestrained, the President of India has to act on the advice of the Cabinet. Comparison between USA vs India Pardoning Power of the President in the USA: The President of t

Clemency Power of the President & the Governor

Clemency Power of the President & the Governor TN Governor Banwarilal Purohit has decided that only the President can decide the issue of granting remission to the seven life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. What does the constitution say? Under the Constitution of India (Article 72), the President of India can grant a pardon or reduce the sentence of a convicted person, particularly in cases involving capital punishment. A similar and parallel power vests in th

15th PRESIDENT OF INDIA

15th PRESIDENT OF INDIA Droupadi Murmu won the 2022 Presidential election after defeating the joint Opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha. She will take oath as the 15th President of India on July 25. She is the first Adivasi and second woman to become the nation’s First Citizen and the Supreme Commander of India’s Armed Forces. About Droupadi Murmur She is born into a Santhal family in 1958. She was the first girl in Uparbeda, (one of the seven revenue villages in Uparbed