Power of President to grant pardons, etc., and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases
included in editionWhat does this mean?
The President can grant specified forms of clemency in covered cases, including death sentences. This constitutional power is distinct from an ordinary appeal and must be read with the stated limits and judicial law.
The Union's President, ministers, Parliament, Supreme Court and Comptroller and Auditor-General.
Why is this provision here?
Clemency supplies a distinct constitutional power to address punishment in covered cases beyond the ordinary judicial appeal structure.
This Article number belongs to the original constitutional framework, but its present wording may include later amendments or substitutions. A provision-specific original Assembly debate has not been verified here. The explanation of function above is editorial inference from the text, not an attributed single motive of the framers. The original draft-making archive is a research resource, not proof of a particular historical reason.
The explanation of purpose is an editorial reading of the provision. A drafting motive is attributed only where a linked historical source supports it.
Limits, exceptions & reading carefully
Educational summary of the linked source text. Exceptions, provisos, implementing laws and applicable judgments must be read before applying it to a real case.
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Source-page notes · may concern neighbouring Articles
1. The words "or Rajpramukh" omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
Extracted from the Legislative Department’s May 2026 edition. Page footnotes may refer to neighbouring provisions; check their markers in the PDF. Inclusion in this edition does not by itself establish commencement or judicial effect.