Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 588 · Decided 18 May 2022
A.G. Perarivalan v. State, Through Superintendent of Police CBI/SIT/ Mmda, Chennai, Tamil Nadu and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 588 · [2022] 7 S.C.R. 1048
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 833/2022
- Decided
- 18 May 2022
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, A.S. BOPANNA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; Constitution Article 161, 142; Arms Act
Headnote
Constitution of India: Art. 161 - Power of Governor to grant pardons, etc, and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases - Appellant, one of the accused former Prime Minister of India-Shri Rajeev Gandhi - Convicted and sentenced to death - Death sentence commuted to life imprisonment - As regards, remission of the sentence of the appellant, reference made by the Governor to the President of India on 25.01.2021, without taking a
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