Power to seek advisory opinion allows President to obtain judicial view on questions of law or fact of public importance. Article 143 empowers the President to refer to the Court for consideration any question of law or fact that has arisen or is likely to arise and is of such public importance that obtaining the Court's opinion is expedient; the Court may, after such hearing as it thinks fit, report its opinion to the President. The Article also permits referral of specified intergovernmental disputes for the Court's opinion, which the Court shall report after such hearing as it thinks fit.
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Power to seek advisory opinion allows President to obtain judicial view on questions of law or fact of public importance.
Article 143 empowers the President to refer to the Court for consideration any question of law or fact that has arisen or is likely to arise and is of such public importance that obtaining the Court's opinion is expedient; the Court may, after such hearing as it thinks fit, report its opinion to the President. The Article also permits referral of specified intergovernmental disputes for the Court's opinion, which the Court shall report after such hearing as it thinks fit.
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