New Delhi, April 18 -- VP Dhankhar's salvo at Supreme Court

In his address to the 6th batch of Rajya Sabha interns Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar made some blistering remarks on the judiciary.

Taking strong objection to the Supreme Court (SC) recently prescribing a timeline for the President to decide on Bills, Vice-President (VP) Jagdeep Dhankhar yesterday said, "India did not bargain for a democracy where judges would legislate, perform executive functions and act as a "super Parliament."

The Vice-President said, "Article 142 of the Constitution, which gives special powers to the Apex Court, has become a nuclear missile against democratic forces, available to the judiciary 24x7."

He was referring to the SC invoking its powers under...