Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar last week lashed out at the Supreme Court, calling Article 142 – which gives powers to the apex court – a “nuclear missile against democratic forces” and said that there cannot be a situation where the president is given directions by the judiciary.

In a sharp reaction to the Supreme Court order delivered earlier this month, Dhankhar said that judges are acting as “super parliament” and have no accountability “because the law of the land does not apply to them.” Dhankhar's remarks come after the Supreme Court declared the Tamil Nadu governor R.N. Ravi’s actions to stall the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government’s bills were “erroneous and illegal”. Meanwhile the Supreme Court is also hearing petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025.

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