Supreme Court of India
A.G. Perarivalan v. State, through Superintendent of Police Cbi/sit/ Mmda, Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Anr.
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Constitution of India: Art. 161 – Power of Governor to grant pardons, etc, and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in c ertain cases – Appellant, one of the accused in assassination of t he former Prime Minister of India-Shri Rajeev Gandhi – Convic ted and sentenced to death – Death sentence commuted to life impris onment – As regards, remission of the sentence of the appella nt, reference made by the Governor to the President of India on 2 5.01.2021, without taking a decision on the recommendation made by the Stat e Cabinet on remission of the sentence of the appellant – Corre ctness of –
Authorities it was built on
- 2015 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors.
- 1955 Rai Sahib Ram Jawaya Kapur and Others v. The State of Punjab
- 1974 Shamsher Singh & Anr v. State of Punjab
- 2006 Epuru Sudhakar and Anr. v. Govt. of A.P. and Ors.
- 2016 Nabam Rebia, and Bamang Felix v. Deputy Speaker and Others
- 2004 Madhya Pradesh Special Police Establishment v. State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 B. A. Umesh v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2025 The State of Tamil Nadu v. The Governor of Tamil Nadu & Anr.
Of those, 1 mentioned · 1 relied upon
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