UPSC Prelims 2025 · GS Paper 1 · Q86

Polity

Medium · President: pardoning power

With reference to the President's pardoning power under Article 72, consider the following statements:

1. The scope of judicial review over the President's exercise of pardoning power is limited.

2. The President can exercise the pardoning power independently, without the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?