In this vein, The Leaflet, a leftist propaganda outlet run by senior advocate Indira Jaising, published an article on 20th April 2025, attacking VP Dhankhar for criticising what he deemed judicial overreach. The Leaflet suggested that Dhankhar’s strongly worded criticism of the judiciary in a particular context comes at a multi-faceted cost, including political, constitutional and legal, moral, as well as credibility.
Article 142 is a one of its kind provision in the Indian Constitution which confers vast discretionary powers on the Supreme Court. The contours of the Supreme Court's power under this provision transcend the boundaries of procedural and substantive law.
VP Dhankhar questioned the Supreme Court for issuing a direction to the President of India. He reminded the Supreme Court that its power is limited to interpreting the Constitution.
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar said that the arbitral process in India is "just an additional burden to the normal hierarchical mechanism of adjudication."
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday talked about the distortion of history books in India, and condemned the "manipulated" and "selective" historical narratives in the textbooks
VP Jagdeep Dhankhar said, "These (anti-national) forces are eager to disrupt the nation and derail its development and democracy by creating fabricated narratives."
Karnataka Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara said that the FSL report had confirmed that slogans of Pakistan Zindabad were raised during the victory celebration of Naseer Hussain at the Vidhan Soudha complex.
Maharashtra Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha has demanded the registration of an FIR against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee over the mimicry row of Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar