Governor Gulab Chand Kataria allows Punjab govt to directly send him files on remission of convicts’ sentences

Punjab presently has 200 pending cases successful which convicts person sought remission of their sentences. “We are present sending the files to the Governor gradually. We bash not request to instrumentality the files to the Cabinet now,” said an official.

Soon aft the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to powerfulness successful the authorities successful 2022, Purohit had laid down the information that helium would motion files connected remission of convicts’ sentences lone connected the Cabinet’s advice. He had besides asked the authorities to guarantee that a abstracted record was prepared for each convict deemed eligible for remission. The files were separately cleared by the Cabinet.

A authorities authoritative said earlier the authorities utilized to nonstop the names straight to the Governor. “The Governor utilized to motion connected the record of premature release. The determination connected premature merchandise was taken by the governments and the Governor would lone motion connected it. However, Purohit made it wide that each convicts’ cases would beryllium discussed and recorded successful the minutes of the meeting,” the authoritative said.

“Later, helium would instrumentality a telephone connected the proposal of the Cabinet. This had made the enactment of the Department of Jails and the Cabinet a small time-consuming. They had to hold for the Cabinet meeting. Purohit had written to us, citing the Constitution, that the Governor was bound to judge the proposal of the Cabinet,” the authoritative added.

After Kataria took over, the authorities authorities took up the contented with him. “We wrote to the incumbent Governor that the cases volition beryllium enactment to him done the Jails Minister and the Chief Minister. We besides told him that the Cabinet authorises the Chief Minister and the authorities to nonstop the cases of remission directly,” helium said.

When the authorities pointed retired to Kataria that convicts eligible for remission had to hold for the Cabinet meeting, helium instantly agreed to motion the files directly, the authoritative said, adding, “We enactment it up to him and helium has agreed. Now, the files volition spell consecutive to the Governor.”

Unlike the existent situation, earlier the Punjab authorities had predominant tussles with the erstwhile Governor. The authorities authorities had adjacent moved the Supreme Court against Purohit erstwhile helium did not let the authorities to clasp the Vidhan Sabha session.