Constitution Section 142 — Enforcement of decrees and orders of the Supreme Court and orders as to discovery, etc

Part V — THE UNION — CHAPTER IV.—THE UNION JUDICIARY

Constitutional

Summary

The Supreme Court can issue any order or decision needed to fully resolve a case before it. That order is enforceable across all of India in a way set by Parliament, or until Parliament acts, by a Presidential order. The Supreme Court also has the power to order a person to appear in court, to require documents to be shown, and to handle cases of contempt of court, subject to any law Parliament makes on these matters.

Official Text

(1) The Supreme Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction may pass such decree or make such order as is necessary for doing complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it, and any decree so passed or order so made shall be enforceable throughout the territory of India in such manner as may be prescribed by or under any law made by Parliament and, until provision in that behalf is so made, in such manner as the President may by order prescribe.

(2) Subject to the provisions of any law made in this behalf by Parliament, the Supreme Court shall, as respects the whole of the territory of India, have all and every power to make any order for the purpose of securing the attendance of any person, the discovery or production of any documents, or the investigation or punishment of any contempt of itself.