{"id":16263,"date":"2025-04-19T10:03:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T04:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=16263"},"modified":"2025-05-28T12:17:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T06:47:52","slug":"article-142","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/article-142\/","title":{"rendered":"Article 142"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Article 142 Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, the Vice-President criticized Article 142 as a \u201cnuclear missile against democratic forces\u201d, especially after its use in the Tamil Nadu Governor&#8217;s case.<\/p>\n<h2>What is Article 142?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Article 142<\/strong>\u00a0empowers the\u00a0<strong>Supreme Court<\/strong>\u00a0to pass any\u00a0<strong>order or decree<\/strong>\u00a0necessary for\u00a0<strong>complete justice<\/strong>\u00a0in any\u00a0<strong>pending case<\/strong>\u00a0before it. This power is\u00a0<strong>discretionary<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>unique<\/strong>\u00a0to the apex court.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>concept of complete justice<\/strong>\u00a0means ensuring justice beyond technicalities by\u00a0<strong>filling legislative gaps<\/strong>, and interpreting or even overriding laws when necessary to protect\u00a0<strong>constitutional values<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>fundamental rights<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>social welfare<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>framers of the Constitution<\/strong>, especially\u00a0<strong>Dr. B.R. Ambedkar<\/strong>, intentionally entrusted this extraordinary power\u00a0<strong>only to the Supreme Court<\/strong>. The jurisprudence under Article 142 has developed over\u00a0<strong>50+ years<\/strong>, with the Court maintaining\u00a0<strong>self-imposed limits<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Article 142<\/strong>\u00a0elevates the Supreme Court\u2019s role as the\u00a0<strong>guardian of the Constitution<\/strong>, enabling it to\u00a0<strong>intervene<\/strong>\u00a0in cases involving\u00a0<strong>public interest<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>human rights<\/strong>, or\u00a0<strong>democratic breakdown<\/strong>, ensuring justice where legislative or executive action is lacking.<\/li>\n<li>The Article strengthens\u00a0<strong>democracy<\/strong>\u00a0by protecting the\u00a0<strong>rights of minorities<\/strong>, ensuring\u00a0<strong>equal treatment<\/strong>\u00a0before the law, and acting as a\u00a0<strong>check on executive and legislative overreach<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Article 142 promotes\u00a0<strong>judicial innovation<\/strong>\u00a0by allowing the Court to create\u00a0<strong>guidelines<\/strong>\u00a0and direct\u00a0<strong>government authorities<\/strong>, especially in cases involving\u00a0<strong>public interest and constitutional values<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>lack of a clear definition<\/strong>\u00a0of \u201c<strong>complete justice<\/strong>\u201d can lead to\u00a0<strong>subjectivity<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>inconsistent rulings<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>unaccountable discretion<\/strong>. This raises concerns under the\u00a0<strong>basic structure doctrine<\/strong>, particularly the\u00a0<strong>separation of powers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/political-pulse\/abhishek-manu-singhvi-interview-waqf-amendment-act-9951343\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article 142 grants the Supreme Court discretionary power to pass orders ensuring complete justice in any case before it, highlighting its unique authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":42167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[179,180],"class_list":{"0":"post-16263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-article-142","9":"tag-article-142-upsc","10":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}