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SC strips Manipur Minister of his office
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- In an extraordinary display of its constitutional powers under article 142, the Supreme Court recently stripped a Manipur Cabinet Minister, who is facing disqualification proceedings for defection, of his office and banned him from entering the Assembly with immediate effect.
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- About Article 142:
(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 orders 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
(3) The Article has been used in many Cases like: Ayodhya Verdict, Bhopal Gas Tragedy Verdict, cleansing of the Taj Mahal etc.
Sources
The Hindu