Share This - The Calcutta High Court recently ruled that different authorities including the Government, the Convicting Court, and the Confirming Court should decide Remission Application in the Article 21 of the Constitution. The Bench of Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee was hearing the plea of an appellant who has, till now, undergone sentence for more than 29 years following his conviction and sentence handed down on different counts. The case before the Court The appellant, who is currently serving life imprisonment, had applied for 'premature release', which was considered by the Government on the basis of certain police inputs.