Supreme Court of India
A.G. Perarivalan v. State, through Superintendent of Police Cbi/sit/ Mmda, Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Anr.
INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.
3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.
From the 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 in assassination of the 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 decision on the recommendation made by the State Cabinet on remission of the sentence of the appellant – Correctness of – Held…
Authorities it was built on
- 1955 Rai Sahib Ram Jawaya Kapur and Others v. The State of Punjab
- 1974 Shamsher Singh & Anr v. State of Punjab
- 2015 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors.
- 2006 Epuru Sudhakar and Anr. v. Govt. of A.P. and Ors.
- 2016 Nabam Rebia, and Bamang Felix v. Deputy Speaker and Others
- 2004 Madhya Pradesh Special Police Establishment v. State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 In Re : Assent, Withholding or Reservation of Bills by the Governor and the President of India
- 2022 B. A. Umesh v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2025 The State of Tamil Nadu v. The Governor of Tamil Nadu & Anr.
Of those, 2 mentioned · 1 relied upon
Sign in free to read it
- The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
- The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
- Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
- Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
- Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
An email address, no password.