The Supreme Court’s eye-catching comments in response to a petition against their hasty release have given the legal system new momentum.
More significant is the clear message regarding upholding moral and legal norms. There was a reminder that for terrible acts that harm society as a whole, the power of clemency must be applied while taking into account the public interest and the gravity of the offence as it was asked by the Gujarat government about the factors that led to its decision to award remission. The judges noted that a massacre cannot be compared to a single homicide.
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A high bar was set in 2006 when the Supreme Court overturned a murder convict’s Andhra Pradesh sentence reduction because he was a good Congress worker. It had previously stated that the President or Governor cannot use their discretion to pardon criminals based on their religion, caste, or political affiliation because doing so would be a flagrant violation of the rule of law.
The Bano case is experiencing a reaction to the decision. The Supreme Court sent letters to the federal government and the state of Gujarat on March 27 after describing the crime as horrifying and questioning whether the same standards had been applied to other killers who were now incarcerated.
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They have not released the remission files, presumably in an effort to contest the request that they be produced. After being made to comprehend the anguish experienced by the victims or their families, and demonstrating remorse, the perpetrators might apply for amnesty through the restorative justice process. It’s possible that the opposite is true in the Bano example. The release of the criminals serves as a poor example of sentence reduction.
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