BEFORE THE HON’BLE SUPREME COURT OF ZINDIANA. WRIT PETITION NO. / 2014 ‘ (Writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of Zindiana) FORUM FOR JUSTICE TO VICTIMS OF CRIMES ssseeee RESPONDENT UNION OF ZINDIANA .. | | | VERSUS | | | ON SUBMISSION TO THE HON’BLE SUPREME COURT OF ZINDIANA MEMORIAL ON BEHALF OF RESPONDENT€ S ? Table of Contents LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. INDEX OF AUTHORI STATEMENT OF JURISDICTION STATEMENT OF FACTS STATEMENT OF ISSUES. SUMMARY OF ARGUMENTS .. ARGUMENTS ADVANCED 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS A. BOOKS & COMMENTARIES B. JUDICIAL DECISIONS C. ARTICLES D. WEBSITES viii WHETHER THE ACT OF THE PRESIDENT UNDER ARTICLE 72(1)(C) CAN BE SUBJECTED TO JUDICIAL REVIEW 1.1 THE ACT OF THE PRESIDENT UNDER ARTICLE 72(1)(C) OF THE CONSTITUTION CANNOT BE SUBJECTED TO JUDICIAL REVIEW. 1.1.1 The power to grant pardon is the prerogative of the President and cannot be subject to judicial review. 1.1.2 Only limited judicial review can be exercised by courts over President's pardoning power 1.2. THE ACT OF THE PRESIDENT UNDER ARTICLE 72(1)(C) WAS NOT IN VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 14 OF THE CONSTITUTION. 1.2.1 Theact of the President was not arbitrary. 1.2.2 The act of the President was not discriminatory. = MEMORIAL FOR THE RESPONDENT-™ Table of Contents 1.3. THE ACT OF THE PRESIDENT UNDER ARTICLE 7(1)(C) WAS NOT VIOLATIVE oF ARTICLE 21 OF THE CONSTITUTION. iberty guaranteed 1.3.1 The act of the president upholds right tife and personal | under Article 21 of the Constitution. 1.3.2 The act of the president under “Article 72(1)(c) was in accordance with the fair procedure established by law. 2 WHETHER THE POWER UNDER ARTICLE 72 OF THE CONSTITUTION SHOULD BE HELD SUBJECTED TO SECTION 433-A OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE 2.1 Power under article 72 is a constitutional power and cannot be held subject to section 433-a of criminal procedure code 3 WHETHER THE COURT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO INTERVENE INTO THE EXERCISE OF PARDONING POWER BY SETTING up OF GUIDELINES. 3.1 Court does not have an authority to intervene into the exercise of pardoning power by setting up of guidelines PRAYERTp. & .> List of Abbreviations _ oe aN ory LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ory oT Low = And os 2. ALR = All India Reporter ay 3. An. = Another SS 4. AP = Andhra Pradesh Sy 5. App.Cas. = — Appeal Case po 6 Art + Article a 2 7. Assn. = Association ee 8. CA ~ Court of Appeal 9. Cal = Calcutta 10. Cl - Clause oxy HM. Co. - Company a 12. Corpn. - Corporation - 13. Del. = Delhi 2 14. Bd, - Edition s=3 15. Govt. = Government a 16, HC = High Court C3 17. Hon'ble - Honourable ex3 18, ice + Thatis e 19. Id - Ibid Ss E 20. ILR = Indian Law Reports aw a. J, = Justice Sa5 22, LIC - Life Insurance Corporation S=3 23, Ltd. - Limited €x5 24, No. = Number Gn3 25. Ors. - Others © . 26. Pp - Page . 7 27. Para. - Paragraph — 28. pp + Pages e243 29, rep. = Reprint ous MEMORIAL FOR THE RESPONDENT-. . ierev sce SCR vot Revised by Section Supreme Court Cases Supreme Court Reports Union of Inia Uttar Pradesh United States Verstis Volumea ee INDEX OF AUTHORITIES € ~_ ) = —-~- A. BOOKS & COMMENTARIES ° HLM Seervai, Constitutional law of India, Second volume, Fourth Edition, Universal Book Traders © Durga Das Basu, Constitutional Law of India, Third Edition Reprint 2011, Kamal Law House Kolkata * RP Shukla, the Constitution of India, 2012, Dwivedi law publications _ P.M Bakshi, The Constitution of India, Eleventh Edition 2011, Universal law Publishing Co + M.Hidayatullah, Constitutional Law of India, The Bar Council of India trust In association with Amold-Heinemann Glanville Williams, Text Book on Criminal law, Second Edn, reprint 2012, Universal law Publishing Co Vineet Bhagat, Supreme Court on Indian penal Code, capital Law Hose New Delhi S C Sarkar, The Code Of criminal procedure, Tenth edition 2012, Lexis Nexis Butterworths Wadhwa, Nagpur. PSA Pillai, Criminal Law, Tenth Edition, Second reprint 2009, Lexis Nexis, Butterworths Wadhwa, Nagpur. 3 K.D gaur, Criminal law and criminology, Deep & Deep publications Pvt Itd B.JUDICIAL DECISIONS AP y. MI Khan Appeal (Crl) 551-552 of 1997 3 . 3 Ashok Kumar Alias Golu v. Union of India and Ors, 1991 SCC (3) 498 3 © Biddle, Warden v. Perovich [274 US 480 (1927)] Bikas Chatterjee v. Union of India (2004) 7 SCC 634. ~ MEMORIAL FOR THE RESPONDENT-Index of Autores = af NCI of Deltdg(201 4) 5 Seale 573] &Ors., 2006) 8 SCC 161 Stenographe © Devender pal singh Bhullar v. State © Epuru Sudhakar & Anr. v. Govt. of AP. © Federation of All - India Customs and Central Excise any, Union of Indice AIR 1988 SC 1291 © G.Krishta Goud & J. Bhoomaiah State J SCC 157) of Andhra Pradesh damp: OP (1976) © LC. Golaknath & Ors v State Of Punjab & Anr 1967 AIR 1643, 1967 SCR (2) 762. vy. Union of India and “Another{(1989) 1 SCC 204], © Kehar Singh and Another AIR 1961 SC 112 CC 417 © K.MNanavati v, State of Bombay © Kuljeet singh v, Lt. Governor (1982) 1 5 s, AIR 2000 SC 1702 = Satpal & Anr. v. State of Haryana & Ors © Swaran Singh v. State of U.P. AIR 1998 SC 2026 «Sarat Chandra Rabha $ Ors v. Khagendranath & Ors (1961) )2) SCR 133 © Sharma Transport v. Govt of A.P[(1989) 1 SCC 204], « Shatrughan Chauhan & Anr, v Union Of India & Ors on 21 January, 2014 writ petition (criminal) No 55 of 2013 «© Ramraj @ Nankoo @ Bihnu v. State of Chhattisgarh AIR 2010 SC 420 «Regina v, The Secretary of State for the Home Department (1996) E WCA Civ 555 . U.S. v. Benz{75 L. Ed. 354 at 358] C. STATUTES . ‘THE INDIAN PENAL CODE 1860 . ‘THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA 1950 . THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 1973 . THE CONSTITUTION OF U.S 1787 ~ MEMORIAL FOR THE RESPONDENT-