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With references to pardoning power of the President, consider the following statements

The power of the President to grant pardon extends in cases where the punishment or sentence is by a Court Martial.
The President can grant pardon in all cases where the sentence given is the sentence of death.
The President cannot exercise his power of pardon independent of the government.

Select the correct statement.

1&2 only

2&3 only

1&3 only

All of the above

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Explanation:

The scope of the pardoning power of the President under Article 72 is wider than the pardoning power of the Governor under Article 161.
The power differs in the following two ways:

The power of the President to grant pardon extends in cases where the punishment or sentence is by a Court Martial but Article 161 does not provide any such power to the Governor.
The President can grant pardon in all cases where the sentence given is the sentence of death but the pardoning power of the Governor does not extend to death sentence cases.

Note: The President has to act on the advice of the Council of Ministers while deciding mercy pleas
Hence all statements are correct.