Daily Current Affairs For UPSC IAS Prelims, 24 January 2023
In News: The Assam state coordinator for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) has written to the members of foreigners’ tribunals (FT) across the state that the NRC list published by the state government in 2019 is not final and instructed them not to consider that list (or its supplementary list) as evidence to dispose of cases.
About NRC
NRC in Assam
In News: World at crossroads in the drought management as the Drought in Numbers 2022 report suggests.
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In News: The Supreme Court on Wednesday invoked its extraordinary powers to do complete justice under Article 142 of the Constitution and ordered the release of A.G. Perarivalan in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
A brief history Of Perarivalan Case
What is Article 142 of the Constitution?
Subsection 1 of Article 142 (“Enforcement of decrees and orders of Supreme Court and orders as to discovery, etc.”) says “the Supreme Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction may pass such decree or make such order as is necessary for doing complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it, and any decree so passed or order so made shall be enforceable throughout the territory of India in such manner as may be prescribed by or under any law made by Parliament and, until provision in that behalf is so made, in such manner as the President may by order prescribe.”
Pardoning Power of President(Art 72)
(1) The President shall have the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence –
a)in all cases where the punishment or sentence is by a Court Martial;
b)in all cases where the punishment or sentence is for an offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the Union extends;
c)in all cases where the sentence is a sentence of death.
Thus, Article 72 empowers the President to grant pardons etc. and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases.
Pardoning Power of Governor(Art. 161)
The Article deals with the power of the Governor to grant pardons, etc, and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases.
The Governor of a State shall have the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the State extends.
What is the difference between the pardoning power of the president and the governor?
The scope of the pardoning power of the President under Article 72 is wider than the pardoning power of the Governor under Article 161. The power differs in the following two ways:
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