State governments given power of sentence remission with some exceptions
Q. On 23rd July’15, the Supreme Court allowed state governments to exercise their powers of remission to release life convicts but this will not apply in some cases. Which are those cases?- Published on 25 Jul 15a. Cases probed by central agencies like CBI
b. For those incarcerated under central laws such as TADA
c. Convict has been awarded life term in sexual offence cases of rape and murder
d. Cases related to Tribal population
e. A,B and C are correct
ANSWER: A,B and C are correct
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu, made it clear that this interim order would not be applicable in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case in which the Centre's plea against the Tamil Nadu Government's decision to grant remission for release of the seven life convicts is under consideration. The apex court modified its July 9, 2014 order by which it had restrained all states from exercising power of remission for releasing life convicts from jail in the wake of the controversy triggered by the Tamil Nadu Government's decision to grant remission for release of three such convicts, whose death sentence in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case was commuted to life term by it on February 18, 2014.
