10-mark question · Part C · Constitutional Law – II
A person was convicted for assassinating the Chief Minister of a State and he was awarded Death Sentence. The said Sentence was upheld by the High Court and the Supreme Court. When he was scheduled to be hanged, a mercy petition was filed before the President of India by the Chief Minister of the State concerned. Discuss the maintainability of such Mercy Petition.
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2012
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- Constitutional Law – II · July/August 2012 (5-YDC) Mapped paper Download
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- Union and State executive and legislatures — Unit I
- Supreme Court of India — Unit II
- Liability of the State and freedom of trade: Articles 298–307 — Unit IV
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