UPSC 2019: With reference to the Constitution of India, prohibitions or limitations or provisions contained in ordinary laws cannot act as prohibitions or limitations on the constitutional powers under Article 142. It could mean which one of the following?

Article 142 empowers the Supreme Court to pass any order necessary to do “complete justice”, and the Court has clarified that ordinary statutory prohibitions cannot limit this constitutional power; thus the Court is not constrained by laws made by Parliament (option b). The other options refer to bodies or powers unrelated to Article 142. ([vajiramandravi.com](https://vajiramandravi.com/upsc-exam/with-reference-to-the-constitution-of-india-prohibitions-or-limitations-or-provisions-contained-in-ordinary-laws-cannot-act-as-prohibitions-or-limitations-on-the-constitutional-powers-under-article-1/?utm_source=openai))