With reference to the Constitution of India, prohibitions or limitations or provisions contained…

Answer: (b) The Supreme Court of India is not constrained in the exercise of its powers by laws made by the Parliament.

Article 142 belongs to the Supreme Court: it lets the Court pass whatever order is necessary for 'complete justice' in a case before it. The statement therefore means the Supreme Court is not held back, in using this power, by the limits found in ordinary laws made by Parliament.

• ✓ (b) Article 142(1) empowers the Supreme Court to make such order as is necessary for doing complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it, a power drawn from the Constitution itself and not from Parliament's ordinary laws.
• ✗ (a) Article 142 is about the Supreme Court's orders, not about decisions of the Election Commission of India.
• ✗ (c) A Financial Emergency is a power of the President under Article 360 and has nothing to do with Article 142, which concerns the Supreme Court.
• ✗ (d) State legislative powers are dealt with in Articles 245 to 255, not in Article 142.

Remember · Article 142: the Supreme Court may pass any order necessary for doing complete justice in a matter before it.

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