Supreme Court · 1982 INSC 6 · Decided 20 January 1982
Kuljit Singh Alias Ranga v. LT. Governor of Delhi & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1982 INSC 6 · [1982] 3 S.C.R. 58
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 8193/1981
- Decided
- 20 January 1982
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, A.P. SEN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 72, 32
Headnote
Clemency jurisdiction-Power of President to grant pardon etc. and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases-Constitution of India, 19,01 C Article 72, scope of the power. Dismissing the petition, the Court HELD : I. Whatever be the guidelines observed for the exercise of the power sentence which can ·J)ossibJy be imposed upon the petitioner i_n the instant case, is that of death and D no circumstances exi~ for interference with that sentence. Not even the most liberal use of his mercy jurisdiction could have persuaded the P~esident to inter­ fere with the
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