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Identify the situation where the pardoning power of the President of India is not applicable.

Civil cases fall outside the criminal clemency power conferred by Article 72. That provision covers sentences imposed by courts martial, offences relating to Union executive…

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Identify the situation where the pardoning power of the President of India is not applicable.

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Civil cases fall outside the criminal clemency power conferred by Article 72. That provision covers sentences imposed by courts martial, offences relating to Union executive power, and all death sentences.

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