 bill no  175 of 2015 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2015 by dr kirit premjibhai solanki, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2015amendment of article 722 after clause (1) of article 72 of the constitution, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—(a) sedition or waging war against the state; or (b) terrorist activities in any part of the country, statement of objects and reasonsarticle 72 of the constitution gives power to the president to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence accordingly, considerable number of people, who are sentenced to death or life imprisonment, etc  send mercy petitions to the president of indiahowever, in the last several years, criminal activities against the state including that of sedition, waging war against the government of india and terrorist activities in many parts of the country have noticeably increased the persons who commit such heinous crimes as killing innocent people to serve their narrow political or religious purposes use this tool or mercy petition just to delay the justice and thus even after they have been convicted, they do not serve their sentence for years because their mercy petitions take several years to be disposed ofthough there is no need to dilute the power of the president of india under the constitution regarding mercy petitions but in respect of certain offences such as sedition or waging war against the state or terrorist activities, this power needs to be subject to the condition that the decision of the president shall be conveyed within one year of the receipt of the mercy petitionhence this billnew delhi;kirit premjibhai solankijuly 3, 2015 annexure extract from the constitution of india      part v the union chapter i—the executivethe president and vice-president     72  (1) the president shall have the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence—(a) in all cases where the punishment or sentence is by a court martial; (b) in all cases where the punishment or sentence is for an offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the union extends;power of president to grant pardons, etc, and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases(c) in all cases where the sentence is a sentence of death      lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(dr kirit premjibhai solanki, mp)gmgipmrnd—1435ls(s3)—15-07-2015