Supreme Court of India

The State of Haryana & Ors v. Raj Kumar @ Bittu

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Reported as [2021] 8 S.C.R. 320
Bench Hemant Gupta and A.S. Bopanna JJ.
Decided 3 August 2021

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What the Court ordered

Held as under: 9 (2016) 7 SCC 1 10 (2000) 3 SCC 514 THE STATE OF HARYANA & ORS v.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Constitution of India: Art. 161 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s. 432, 433, 433- – Power of Governor to gr ant pardon/remission – Order by the High Court whereby the policies of the State Government to grant remission were decided, inte r alia, directing the State to consider the feasibility of drafting a fresh policy particularly in respect of exercise of power s conferred u/Art 161; that such policy may have retrospective operation, provided the same does not lead to discrimination a mongst identically situated prisoners; and till such decision is taken, the appropriate Government can

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