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Difficult Word\/ Phrase<\/td>Contextual Sense<\/td><\/tr>
Endorsement <\/td>Formal and explicit approval<\/td><\/tr>
Invoke <\/td>resort to<\/td><\/tr>
Campaign <\/td>Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person<\/td><\/tr>
Revulsion <\/td>a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike<\/td><\/tr>
Abate <\/td>Make less active or intense<\/td><\/tr>
Draw <\/td>Get or derive<\/td><\/tr>
Embroil <\/td>Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action<\/td><\/tr>
Confessional <\/td>Relating to a written document acknowledging an offence and signed by the guilty party<\/td><\/tr>
Indictment <\/td>An accusation of wrongdoing<\/td><\/tr>
Deliberate <\/td>Carefully thought out in advance<\/td><\/tr>
Discern <\/td>understand<\/td><\/tr>
Jurisdiction <\/td>(law) the territory within which power can be exercised<\/td><\/tr>
Remission <\/td>a reduction of the term of a sentence of imprisonment<\/td><\/tr>
Inimical <\/td>adverse or unfavourable<\/td><\/tr>
Concurrence <\/td>Agreement of opinions<\/td><\/tr>
Infirmity <\/td>The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)<\/td><\/tr>
Sticking point <\/td>an obstacle to progress towards an agreement or goal<\/td><\/tr>
Cynically <\/td>in a way that shows you believe that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere:<\/td><\/tr>
Dastardly <\/td>wicked and cruel<\/td><\/tr>
Ponder <\/td>Think deeply about a subject or question over a period of time<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Law and public opinion: On Perarivalan release<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The release of Perarivalan is no endorsement (Formal and explicit approval) <\/strong>of any claim of his innocence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Supreme Court has invoked (resort to) <\/strong>its extraordinary power to order the release of A.G. Perarivalan, one of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, for whose freedom his mother, many political parties and vast sections of public opinion have been campaigning (Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person) <\/strong>for years. The suicide bombing that took the life of Rajiv Gandhi, along with that of 15 others, including nine police personnel, on \u201cTamil soil\u201d caused a great deal of revulsion (a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike) <\/strong>in the State, but this sentiment abated (Make less active or intense) <\/strong>with the passage of time. Perarivalan drew (Get or derive) <\/strong>much public sympathy, largely due to the fact that he was only 19 when he got embroiled (Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action) <\/strong>in the assassination plot and later revelations that a portion of his confessional (Relating to a written document acknowledging an offence and signed by the guilty party) <\/strong>statement was improved by a police officer to link his purchase of a battery to the one used in the belt bomb that was used in the suicide bombing. But essentially, the verdict of the three-member Bench is an indictment (An accusation of wrongdoing) <\/strong>of the disregard for federal norms in the deliberate (Carefully thought out in advance) <\/strong>inaction that Raj Bhavan displayed when presented with a Cabinet advice to release them in 2018. Going by the Union government\u2019s arguments, one can discern (understand) <\/strong>that it was the Centre\u2019s guiding hand that was responsible for the delay. The then Governor had referred the Cabinet advice to the President for a decision. The Centre, too, argued, that cases involving murder under the IPC came under the President\u2019s exclusive jurisdiction ((law) the territory within which power can be exercised) <\/strong>in matters of remission (a reduction of the term of a sentence of imprisonment) <\/strong>of life sentences. The Court has put an end to all doubts by holding that the Governor is bound by the State Cabinet\u2019s advice when acting under Article 161 of the Constitution, that his reference to the President was \u201cinimical (adverse or unfavourable)<\/strong> to the scheme of the Constitution\u201d and that remission remains firmly under the State\u2019s jurisdiction in this case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even when a Constitution Bench, while resolving legal questions over the statutory power of remission under the Cr.P.C., held that the release of these convicts would require the Centre\u2019s concurrence (Agreement of opinions)<\/strong>, it had made it clear that the constitutional powers of the President (Article 72) and the Governor (Article 161) \u201cremain untouched\u201d. In the light of this, and the position that remission powers are exercised solely on Cabinet advice, there was no infirmity (The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)) <\/strong>in the State\u2019s recommendation to the Governor in 2018 for their release. While the Bench has done well to put an end to doubts about the Governor\u2019s remission power and the manner of its exercise, a sticking point (an obstacle to progress towards an agreement or goal)<\/strong> remains. Nothing has been said on what should be done when the absence of any time-frame for the President or the Governor is cynically (in a way that shows you believe that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere:) <\/strong>exploited to indefinitely delay executive decisions. It is impractical for every matter to be escalated to the point that the Supreme Court needs to invoke its extraordinary powers under Article 142. However, the judgment should not be seen as any endorsement of the claims of innocence of the convicts in the dastardly (wicked and cruel) <\/strong>conspiracy. And whether governments should recommend remission on the basis of public opinion remains a question to ponder (Think deeply about a subject or question over a period of time)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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