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President_and_Council_of_Ministers_UPSC_Law.docx Previous Year Questions (PYQs) Covered The document maps out model answers for the following abridged UPSC questions: 2024 (15 Marks, Q2c): Relationship between the President and the Council of Ministers under...

The Pardoning Power (Articles 72 & 161) The Constitution entrusts the Executive with a clemency (pardon) power. Article 72 empowers the President to grant “pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment” and to “suspend, remit...