SUPREME COURT: ARTICLE 137 AND 145 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA It is a settled position of law that the Courts of limited jurisdiction dont have any inherent power of review. Though this Court is the apex constitutional court with plenary jurisdiction, the makers of the Constitution thought it fit to expressly confer such a power on this Court as they were aware that if an error creeps into the judgment of this Court, there is no way of correcting it. Therefore, perhaps they did not want to leave scope for any doubt regarding the jurisdiction of this Court to review its judgments in appropriate cases. They also authorized this Court under Article 145(1)(e)[7] to make rules as to the conditions subject to which a judgment of this Court could be reviewed and also make rules regarding the procedure for such review. Both Articles 137 and 145 give this Court the authority to review its judgments subject to any law made by the Parliament. MOHD. ARIF VERSUS THE REGISTRAR, SUPREME COURT OF INDIA (2014) 9 SCC 737
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