New Delhi, April 18 2025 (ANI): Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said India cannot have a situation where the judiciary directs the President, adding that Article 142 of the Constitution has become a "nuclear missile against democratic forces for the judiciary. "Speaking at the Valedictory Function of the sixth Rajya Sabha Internship Programme at the President" Vice-President's Enclave, Dhankhar proposed an amendment to Article 145(3), which deals with the composition of the bench required to decide substantial questions of constitutional law.
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00:00The judges who issued a mandamus virtually to the president and presented a scenario, it will be law of the land, have forgotten the power of the constitution.
00:15We need to make amends in that also now. Five out of eight would mean interpretation will be by majority.
00:21Article 142 has become a nuclear missile against democratic forces available to judiciary 24 into 7.
00:31We cannot have situation where you direct president of India and on what basis the only right you have under the constitution is to interpret the constitution under article 145.3.
00:51There it has to be five judges or more. Boys and girls, when article 145.3 was there, the number of judges in the Supreme Court was eight. Five out of eight.
01:11Now five out of 30 and owed. But forget about it. The judges who issued a mandamus virtually to the president and presented a scenario, it will be law of the land, have forgotten the power of the constitution.
01:37How can that combination of judges deal with something under article 145.3 is preserved? It was then for five out of eight. We need to make amends in that also now. Five out of eight would mean interpretation will be by majority.
01:56But leave that aside. Article 145.5 constitutes more than majority in eight. But leave that aside. Article 142 has become a nuclear missile against democratic forces. Available to judiciary 24 into 7.
02:19So, boys and girls, boys and girls, why I am talking to you? You are the future. You are the stakeholders. I am not addressing only you. I am addressing the entire youth of the country.
02:39in IITs in IITs in IITs in I am a institute of excellence. Colleges in IIT countries.
02:48We have to believe in the nation. We have to believe in the power of je the people.
02:56And the power is reflected only through representatives. We have lost track.