While exercising its power under Article 142 of the Constitution to release A.G. Perarivalan, one of the convicts in Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, the Supreme Court rules on Wednesday that the Governor has the power under Article 161 to remit/commute/pardon sentences imposed under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, because the executive power of
Sentence U/s 302 IPC Can be Commuted by State Only Not Union Govt, Rules Supreme Court
