Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 271 · Decided 1 May 2000
Satpal and ANR. v. State of Haryana and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 271 · [2000] 3 S.C.R. 858
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 45/1999
- Decided
- 1 May 2000
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, U.C. BANERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 392, 148, 452, 323; CrPC; Constitution Article 161, 32, 132
Headnote
Constitution of lndia,"-1950-Articles 161 and 32. ~ Governor's power to grant pardon or remission of sentence--Conviction c and sentence for murder-Direction for surrender-Remission petition made without surrendering to custody-Govemor not posted with relevant materials regarding period of order has been passed without application of mind and with undue haste-Thus, order vitiated and >-quashed. D Governor's power to grant pardon or remission-Judicial review-Scope of-Held, can be interfered with if the power is exercised without seeking advise from the Government or passed
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