KPSC KAS 2020 · Question 11 of 100

The Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder convicts filed mercy petition with the President of India by using the Constitutional provision of "the sentence is a sentence of death". As per which Article of the Constitution did the President reject the petition?

Polity - President's Powers

Answer: C. Article 72, Part V

Article 72 empowers the President to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment, including death sentences.

Source: KPSC Gazetted Probationers Prelims Paper-I 24-08-2020 (Subject Code 388), Official Key Chart Series A

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KPSC KAS 2020 · Question 11 of 100

Polity - President's Powers

Article 72 empowers the President to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment, including death sentences.

Source: KPSC Gazetted Probationers Prelims Paper-I 24-08-2020 (Subject Code 388), Official Key Chart Series A

Practice the full KPSC KAS 2020 paper

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