Article 142 of the Constitution of India

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constitutional provision

Article 142 of the Constitution of India is a provision that empowers the Supreme Court to pass any decree or order necessary to do complete justice in any case before it.

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Article 142 of the Constitution of the India	0

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional provision ⓘ
allows	Supreme Court to pass any decree necessary for doing complete justice ⓘ Supreme Court to pass any order necessary for doing complete justice ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	complete justice provision ⓘ
appliesTo	cases before the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
appliesWhen	ordinary legal remedies are inadequate to ensure complete justice ⓘ
Article 142(1) effect	decree or order of the Supreme Court shall be enforceable throughout the territory of India ⓘ
Article 142(1) provides	that the Supreme Court may pass such decree or make such order as is necessary for doing complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it ⓘ
Article 142(2) provides	that the Supreme Court shall have all and every power to make orders for securing attendance of persons, discovery or production of documents, or investigation or punishment of contempt of itself ⓘ
bindingNature	orders under Article 142 are binding on all courts and authorities in India ⓘ
bindingOn	all authorities in the territory of India when acting under Supreme Court directions ⓘ
category	Indian constitutional law ⓘ powers of the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
characteristic	confers wide discretionary powers on the Supreme Court ⓘ enables doing complete justice beyond procedural technicalities ⓘ supplementary to other constitutional and statutory provisions ⓘ
constitutionalPosition	located in Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
effectOnRelief	permits tailoring of relief beyond the strict pleadings of parties ⓘ
empowers	Supreme Court of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
enforcement	throughout the territory of India ⓘ
governs	enforcement of decrees and orders of the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
historicalContext	adopted with the Constitution of India in 1950 ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Supreme Court of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English (authoritative text) ⓘ
legalSystem	Indian legal system ⓘ
limitation	cannot be used to contravene express substantive provisions of law as interpreted by the Supreme Court ⓘ cannot be used to override fundamental rights ⓘ cannot be used to supplant substantive law but may supplement it ⓘ
natureOfPower	discretionary ⓘ extraordinary ⓘ
partOf	Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to do complete justice in any cause or matter pending before the Supreme Court ⓘ
relatedTo	Article 136 of the Constitution of India ⓘ Article 141 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 32 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
scope	any cause or matter pending before the Supreme Court ⓘ civil matters ⓘ constitutional matters ⓘ criminal matters ⓘ
section	Article 142(1) ⓘ Article 142(2) ⓘ
subjectTo	Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	granting relief not expressly provided by statute in appropriate cases ⓘ issuing directions to fill legislative or executive gaps in limited circumstances ⓘ moulding relief to ensure complete justice between parties ⓘ

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Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India → containsArticle → Article 142 of the Constitution of India ⓘ