law: Sashastra Seema Bal Act, 2007 
  59.  Cancellation, variation or remittance of
  
  sentence.
  1.       In
  
  every case in which punishment has been awarded under section 58, certified
  
  true copies of the proceedings shall be forwarded, in the prescribed manner, by
  
  the officer awarding the punishment to the prescribed superior authority who
  
  may, if the punishment awarded appears to him to be illegal, unjust or
  
  excessive, cancel, vary or remit the punishment and make such other direction
  
  as may be appropriate in the circumstances of the case.
  2.       For the
  
  purpose of sub-section (1 ), a "superior authority" means,.
  a.     
  
    any officer superior in command to such officer who has awarded
  
  the punishment;
  b.    
  
    in the case of punishment awarded by Director-General, the
  
  Central Government.