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=== Pardoning powers ===
{{See also|Presidential pardon}}

As mentioned in [[s:Constitution of India/Part V#Article 72 %7BPower of President to grant pardons, etc., and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases%7D|Article 72]] of the [[Constitution of India|Indian constitution]], the president is empowered with the powers to grant [[Presidential pardon|pardons]] in the following situations:<ref name="Darpan2007" />
* punishment for an offence against Union law
* punishment by a [[Military justice|military court]]
* a [[Capital punishment|death sentence]]<ref name="Pearson" />

The decisions involving pardoning and other rights by the president are independent of the opinion of the prime minister or the Lok Sabha majority. In most cases, however, the president exercises their executive powers on the advice of the prime minister and the [[Cabinet of India|cabinet]].<ref name=Kumar />{{rp|239}}<ref name="BarringtonBosia2009">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uuAtazupnAC&pg=PA267|title=Comparative Politics: Structures and Choices|last1=Barrington|first1=Lowell W.|last2=Bosia|first2=Michael J.|last3=Bruhn|first3=Kathleen|publisher=Cengage Learning|year=2009|isbn=978-0-618-49319-7|page=267|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428043831/https://books.google.com/books?id=3uuAtazupnAC&pg=PA267|archive-date=28 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>