Supreme Court of India

Narayan Dutt and Ors. v. State of Punjab and Anr.

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Reported as [2011] 4 S.C.R. 983

Bench G.S. Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly JJ.

Decided 24 February 2011

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Constitution of India, 1950 - Art.161 - Grant of pardon by Governor under Art. 161 - Nature and scope of the power of pardon - Extent of judicial review over such power- Murder of one person - Additional Sessions Judge convicte j accused-appellants under s.302 /PC rlw other provisions of /PC and sentenced them to life imprisonment - All the appellants appealed before th& High Court - During the pendency of the appeals, the appellants also filed petitions under Article 161 of the Constitution before. the Governor of the State - The Governor granted pardon to them and they were directed to be

Authorities it was built on

2006 Epuru Sudhakar and Anr. v. Govt. of A.P. and Ors. cited by 15
1998 Swaran Singh v. State of U.P. and Ors. cited by 5

Where later benches applied it

2020 Vinay Sharma v. Union of India and Others relied on
2014 Shatrughan Chauhan & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2013 Devender Pal Singh Bhullar v. State of N.C.T. of Delhi relied on
2020 Mukesh Kumar v. Union of India and Others referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 1 referred to

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