(1) If at any time it appears to the President
that a question of law or fact has arisen, or is likely to arise, which is of such a nature and of such public
importance that it is expedient to obtain the opinion of the Supreme Court upon it, he may refer the question
to that Court for consideration and the Court may, after such hearing as it thinks fit, report to the President
its opinion thereon.
(2) The President may, notwithstanding anything in the proviso to article 131, refer a dispute of
the kind mentioned in the 2
[said proviso] to the Supreme Court for opinion and the Supreme Court shall,
after such hearing as it thinks fit, report to the President its opinion thereon