Supreme Court of India

Pyare Lal v. State of Haryana

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Bench Uday Umesh Lalit, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Vineet Saran JJ.
Decided 17 July 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid settled legal position, we cannot accept the rigid contention of the learned counsel for the third respondent that this Court has no power to touch the order passed by the Governor under Article 161 of the Constitution.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Constitution of India: Art. 161 – Remission of sentence under – On the basis of policy framed by the executive – Relevant material not placed before the Governor and benefit in each of the cases was conferred by the executive itself in terms of the policy – Propriety of the remission – Held: The decisions of the Supreme Court by larger Benches show that relevant material must be placed before the Governor in order to enable him to exercise the power u/Art. 161 and failure on that count could result in quashing of the order of remission – The Constitution Bench in Maru Ram Case had observed…

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