Supreme Court of India

Epuru Sudhakar and Anr. v. Govt. of A.P. and Ors.

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Bench Arijit Pasayat and S.H. Kapadia JJ.

Decided 11 October 2006

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Constitution of India, 1950; Articles 72 and 161: Grant of pardon by President/Governor-Judicial Review-Scope of Held: Limited judicial review of the exercise/non-exercise of pardon power by the President/Governor available in certain cases-Pardoning power could be exercised as an act of grace and humanity in proper cases Exercise of such power is an exercise in futility in the absence of reasons- The Government could rescind or cancel the pardon when it come to know that it has been obtained by fraud/patent/misrepresentation/manifest mistake- Jn the facts and circumstances of the case, it…

Authorities it was built on

1969 A. K. Kraipak & Ors. Etc. v. Union Of. India & Ors. cited by 83
1994 S.R. Bommai v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 73
1997 Mansukhlal Vithaldas Chauhan v. State of Gujarat cited by 26

Where later benches applied it

2024 Mafabhai Motibhai Sagar v. State of Gujarat & Ors. relied on
2020 Pawan Kumar Gupta v. State of Nct of Delhi relied on
2020 Akshay Kumar Singh v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2020 Vinay Sharma v. Union of India and Others relied on
2020 Mukesh Kumar v. Union of India and Others relied on
2014 Shatrughan Chauhan & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2013 Devender Pal Singh Bhullar v. State of N.C.T. of Delhi relied on
2011 Narayan Dutt and Ors. v. State of Punjab and Anr. relied on
2025 The State of Tamil Nadu v. The Governor of Tamil Nadu & Anr. referred to
2024 Bilkis Yakub Rasool v. Union of India & Others referred to
2022 A.G. Perarivalan v. State, through Superintendent of Police Cbi/sit/ Mmda, Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Anr. referred to
2020 Pyare Lal v. State of Haryana referred to
2016 Vikas Yadav v. State of U.P. and Ors. Etc. Etc. referred to
2013 Krishnan & Ors. v. State of Haryana & Ors. referred to
2013 Mahendra Nath Das v. Union of India and Others referred to

Of those, 8 relied on · 7 referred to

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