Part V · CHAPTER IV.—THE UNION JUDICIARY

Article 143 Power of the President to consult the Supreme Court.

This article lets the President consult the Supreme Court. The President may refer a question of law or fact of public importance for the Court's opinion. The Court reports its opinion after hearing as it thinks fit. The President may also refer a dispute of the kind excluded from article 131. The opinions are advisory, but they carry great weight.

1. (1) If at any time it appears to the President that a question of law or fact has arisen, or is likely to arise, which is of such a nature and of such public importance that it is expedient to obtain the opinion of the Supreme Court upon it, he may refer the question to that Court for consideration and the Court may, after such hearing as it thinks fit, report to the President its opinion thereon.
2. (2) The President may, notwithstanding anything in 2*** the proviso to article 131, refer a dispute of the kind mentioned in the said proviso to the Supreme Court for opinion and the Supreme Court shall, after such hearing as it thinks fit, report to the President its opinion thereon.

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