Clemency - Judgment Search Results

Solem Vs. Helm

Court: US Supreme Court

..... legal standards commutation is an ad hoc exercise of executive clemency that may occur at any time for any reason without ..... in that case is matched by the possibility of executive clemency here the state reasons that the governor could commute helm ..... the two possibilities rather than being an ad hoc exercise of clemency parole is an established variation on imprisonment of convicted criminals .....

California Vs. Ramos

Court: US Supreme Court

..... it misleads the jury about the scope of the governor s clemency power by upholding that instruction the majority authorizes state sanctioned ..... state is free to mislead the jury about the governor s clemency power one searches the majority opinion in vain for some ..... review of their judgment of conviction although the power to grant clemency is not restricted by standards it is reasonable to assume .....

Peoples' Union of Civil Liberties and Anr. Vs. State of U.P. and Anr.

Court: Allahabad

Reported in: 1983CriLJ1166

..... and premature release are based on the principles of licence clemency and pardon after going through the relevant provisions of the ..... an adverse factor while considering the matter of exercise of clemency or pardon and if such considerations weighed while considering the ..... be lightly viewed and when the matter concerns exercise of clemency and premature release it is not possible to overlook that .....

Ghanshyambhai Bachubhai Vs. Wealth-tax Officer

Court: Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ITAT Ahmedabad

Reported in: (1984)7ITD194(Ahd.)

..... deprivation of a right this appeal involves consideration of the age old important relief of clemency given to a delinquent beneath the surface of the words of the statute it is ..... unmistakable it contains within it a statement of an important element in the request for clemency in our opinion they also cannot be regarded as irrelevant for the decision the hon .....

Sullivan Vs. Wainwright

Court: US Supreme Court

..... footnote 1 in addition applicant was a plaintiff in an action attacking the florida executive clemency procedure see sullivan v askew 348 so 2d 312 fla cert denied 434 u s .....

Mithu Vs. State of Punjab

Court: Supreme Court of India

Reported in: AIR1983SC473; 1983CriLJ811; 1983(1)Crimes957(SC); 1983(1)SCALE331; (1983)2SCC277; [1983]2SCR690

..... the release of first degree murderers or lifers but even there the exercise of executive clemency may remove the barrier in individual cases there is no need to discuss here the .....

Om Prakash and ors. Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh

Court: Supreme Court of India

Reported in: AIR1983SC431; 1983CriLJ831; 1984(1)Crimes804(SC); 1983(1)SCALE245; (1983)2SCC358; [1983]2SCR564

1 these appeals by special leave are directed against the dismissal of criminal appeals nos 1918 and 1923 of 1963...

Management of Hindustan Machine Tools Ltd., Bangalore Vs. Mohd. Usman ...

Court: Supreme Court of India

Reported in: AIR1984SC321; 1983LabIC1739; (1983)IILLJ386SC; 1983(2)SCALE402; (1984)1SCC152

order1 in this appeal the only question raised is whether the labour court was justified in reducing the punishment awarded...

Management of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, Bangalore Vs ...

Court: Supreme Court of India

Reported in: AIR1983SC1320; [1984(48)FLR89]; (1984)ILLJ110SC; 1983(2)SCALE652; (1984)1SCC244; [1984]1SCR783; 1984(1)SLJ142(SC)

ranganath misra j 1 the employer karnataka state road transport corporation created under a state act entitled the transport corporation...

A.K. Jha and anr. Vs. Vice-chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Ne ...

Court: Supreme Court of India

Reported in: AIR1983SC1128; 1983(2)SCALE396; (1984)1SCC119; 1984(16)LC57(SC)

order1 these writ petitions nos 5310 and 5311 are by two students ajit kumar jha and neeraj sinha of the...