Pardoning Powers of the President
Pardoning Powers of the President are listed below in detail:
- The President may pardon a criminal, lessen their sentence, or suspend it. These are known as the President’s Pardoning Powers. It indicates that they have the authority to release the defendant, lessen the sentence, or retain it in place if requested. Also, the President cannot be prosecuted in this situation; his choice to pardon is unaffected by the law.
- The President of India also has the authority to pardon a subject of a court martial. A president has the option to pardon someone who has been found guilty by a court martial. Moreover, this choice surpasses the law.
- The President has the authority to grant a reprieve. The act of delaying the guilty party’s execution in order to pardon them is known as a power of reprieve. Also, the President might lessen the penalty imposed on the guilty by using the authority of reprieve. The President has the authority to suspend, lessen, or pardon an offender.
- As the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, the President may also pardon a criminal sentence imposed by the Military Court.
- The Indian Constitution grants the President the authority to pardon, relieve, remit, commute, suspend, and reprieve a person who has been found guilty by the legal system but who the President believes deserves an opportunity.
- The President may lessen the severity of the penalty by commuting a sentence.
- Article 72 of the Indian Constitution permits the President to exercise this power because the President alone has extraordinary jurisdiction in the Indian Judiciary system, where it is vested in him.
Judicial Powers of The President
The President helps control the Judiciary in several ways. The President appoints the Chief Justice of India and other Justices based on the Chief Justice’s recommendation. The President may remove a judge with a two-thirds majority in either of the Houses of Parliament. In 1950, India came under Presidential control. According to Article 72, the president of India possesses judicial, legislative, and executive authority at different levels. There are many judicial powers that the President of India may use, such as appointing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, pardoning criminals, decreasing or postponing punishments, and more.
Table of Content
- What is the Judicial Powers of the President?
- Constitutional Provisions Related to the President’s Judiciary Power
- Pardoning Powers of the President
- Appointment and Removal of Judges by the President
- Protecting the Constitution and the Law by the President
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