{"id":40207,"date":"2015-12-02T20:05:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T14:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40207"},"modified":"2015-12-03T04:09:12","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T22:39:12","slug":"sc-ends-hope-for-release-of-rajiv-killers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-ends-hope-for-release-of-rajiv-killers","title":{"rendered":"SC ends hope for release of Rajiv killers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38395\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38395\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-to-hear-on-july-20-cbi-plea-in-vyapam-case\/supreme_court_2426338f\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?fit=636%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"636,477\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SUPREME_COURT_2426338f\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?fit=636%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38395 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SC ends hope for release of Rajiv killers\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?w=636&amp;ssl=1 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SC ends hope for release of Rajiv killers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a verdict that may dampen the hopes for release of killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the Supreme\u00a0Court today ruled the Centre has &#8220;primacy&#8221; over states&#8217; right to grant remission.<\/p>\n<p>It also said the state governments must get &#8220;concurrence&#8221; of the Union government before freeing convicts in certain cases.<\/p>\n<p>A five-judge bench, which settled questions arising out ofTamil Nadu government&#8217;s decision to free killers of Gandhi, dealt elaborately with the situations where the Centre will prevail over states&#8217; decision to grant remission which included cases where their powers are coextensive, where trial has been held under central laws or conducted by agencies like CBI, or when they pertain to death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>The Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu, who demitted office today, also said that states cannot exercise &#8220;suo motu&#8221; the power to grant remission without any specific plea from the convicts.<\/p>\n<p>It took a cue from a 1993 judgement, which had brought about the collegium system of appointment of judges, where it was held that &#8220;consultation&#8221; with the CJI would necessarily mean &#8220;concurrence&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having regard to the principles culled out in paragraph &#8230;, it is imperative that it is always safe and appropriate to hold that in those situations covered by sub-clauses (a) to (c) of Section 435(1) falling within the jurisdiction of the Central Government it will assume primacy and consequently the process of &#8216;Consultation&#8217; in reality be held as the requirement of &#8216;Concurrence&#8217;,&#8221; the court said in its 258 page verdict.<\/p>\n<p>The bench, also comprising justices F M I Kalifulla, P C Ghosh, A M Sapre and U U Lalit, was unanimous in answering all questions referred to it by a smaller bench, except one which related to the issue whether courts can quantify jail term in offences and consequently stop the states from remitting sentences in certain cases under the Code of Criminal Procedure.<br \/>\nCJI Dattu, Justices Kalifulla and Ghosh upheld the<\/p>\n<p>principles enunciated in the Swamy Shraddananda judgement which had said that &#8220;a special category of sentence may be made for very few cases where the death penalty might be substituted by the punishment of imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term in excess of 14 years&#8221; and they can put beyond the power of remission.<\/p>\n<p>Justices A M Sapre and Lalit, however, differed and said, &#8220;In our view, it would not be open to the Court to make any special category of sentence in substitution of death penalty and put that category beyond application of remission, nor would it be permissible to stipulate any mandatory period of actual imprisonment inconsistent with the one prescribed under Section 433A of CrPC&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The bench also ordered that the case relating to the grant of remission to the killers of Gandhi be sent to a three-judge bench to deal with it in pursuance of guidelines laid down in the judgement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now that we have answered the Reference in the matters, the matters will now be listed before an appropriate three learned Judges&#8217; Bench for appropriate orders and directions in the light of the majority Judgement of this Court,&#8221; the Chief Justice said.<\/p>\n<p>While dealing with the question of right to claim remission, the bench said, &#8220;Imprisonment for life in terms of Section 53 read with Section 45 of the Penal Code only means imprisonment for rest of life of the convict.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The right to claim remission, commutation, reprieve etc. as provided under Article 72 or Article 161 of the Constitution will always be available being Constitutional Remedies untouchable by the Court,&#8221; 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