Supreme Court of India

Akshay Kumar Singh v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 4 S.C.R. 546
Bench R. Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A. S. Bopanna JJ.
Decided 19 March 2020

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Nirbhaya Case – Order rejecting mercy petition by t he President of India – Judicial review of – Writ petition fil ed u/Art.32 by one of the convict – Held: Exercise of power of judi cial review of the decision taken by the President of India in Mercy Pet ition is very limited – Considering the grounds raised by the pet itioner, no ground to hold that there was non-application of mi nd by the President of India – Constitution of India – Art.32 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss. 432, 433. Epuru Sudhakar and Another v. Govt. of .P. and Ors. (2006) 8 SCC 161 : [2006] 7 Suppl. SCR 81 –

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