The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the powers of the President and governors to grant pardon to a convict or to reduce the sentence imposed on him were subject to judicial review.

Quashing a decision of the then Andhra Pradesh Governor Sushil Kumar Shinde to remit the sentence of a convicted Congress activist, a bench comprising Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice S H Kapadia said the President and governors have to keep in mind the effect of such pardon on the family of the victim.