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'''Article 143 of the Constitution of India''' relates to the power of the [[President of India]] to consult the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] on questions of law or matters of public importance through the [[Advisory opinion|advisory jurisdiction]] conferred upon the court.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 February 2015 |title=Advisory Jurisdiction (Article 143) - Academike |url=https://www.lawctopus.com/academike/advisory-jurisdiction-article-143 |access-date=10 December 2025 |language=en-US}}</ref> The President makes a reference based on the advice of the Union council of ministers and it must heard by a bench of minimum five judges. The Court may elect to not provide an opinion and it has no legal binding or precedential value, when provided.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=R |first=Rangarajan |date=19 May 2025 |title=What is a Presidential reference? {{!}} Explained |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/what-is-a-presidential-reference-explained/article69591439.ece |access-date=10 December 2025 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
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Article 143 of the Indian Constitution is located in [[Part V of the Constitution of India|Part V]] (The Union), specifically within Chapter IV which deals with The Union Judiciary.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Article 143: Power of President to consult Supreme Court |url=https://www.constitutionofindia.net/articles/article-143-power-of-president-to-consult-supreme-court/ |access-date=10 December 2025 |website=Constitution of India |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Supreme Court’s Advisory Jurisdiction in Indian Constitutional History |url=https://www.constitutionofindia.net/blog/the-supreme-courts-advisory-jurisdiction-in-indian-constitutional-history/ |access-date=10 December 2025 |website=Constitution of India |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Text ==<!-- Public domain text from the Constitution of India; see {{PD-INGov}} --><br />
{{Blockquote|text=143. Power of President to consult Supreme Court<br />
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(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.<br />
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(2) The President may, notwithstanding anything in 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.|title=}}<br />
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== Uses ==<br />
Since 1950, there have been sixteen references made to the Court under this provision. The first reference was made in the Delhi Laws Act case (1951), and most recently in 2025, President [[Droupadi Murmu]] referred a set of fourteen legal questions to the Court in the ''[[In re: Assent, Withholding or Reservation of Bills by the Governor and the President of India]]''.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[List of presidential references]]<br />
* [[Supreme Court of India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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