Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : The President of India has the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites, or remissions of punishment, or to suspend, remit, or commute the sen- tence of any person convicted of an offence in cases where the punishment is by a Court Martial or where the sentence is death. Reason (R) : This power under Article 72 overrides and completely nullifies the powers of the Governor to commute or remit a death sentence under State law. In the context of the above assertion and reason under Article 72 of the Constitu- tion of India, which one of the following is correct ?
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The assertion about Presidential functions and the reason about constitutional provisions are both evaluated. The Provident Fund / workplace safety assertion is true and the reason citing the correct constitutional or statutory basis is also true. Both A and R true, R correctly explains A — answer is (A).