Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India empowers the President to grant pardons of punishment to any person ?
Article 27
Article 41
Article 72
Article 91
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UPSC Combined Section Officer – 2024
Article 72 grants the President of India the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence. This power extends to cases where the punishment or sentence is for an offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the Union extends, in all cases where the sentence is a sentence of death, and in all cases where the sentence is a sentence by a court martial.