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SC: Can governors remit convicts’ sentences?

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Centre and the states on whether governors could grant mass remission of sentences to convicts in apparent conflict with Section 433-A of the Criminal Procedure Code, under which a convict’s life sentence can be remitted only after he serves 14 years in jail.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Centre and the states on whether governors could grant mass remission of sentences to convicts in apparent conflict with Section 433-A of the Criminal Procedure Code, under which a convict’s life sentence can be remitted only after he serves 14 years in jail. from Times of India https://ift.tt/Gm0xk1B

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