Article 226 writ jurisdiction does not extend to civil court orders; Article 227 remains a distinct supervisory power.

Judicial orders of civil courts of plenary jurisdiction are not amenable to certiorari under Article 226, because writ correction is confined to inferior courts, tribunals, or authorities acting without jurisdiction or in patent error. Such civil court orders are to be corrected through appeal, revision, or the separate supervisory remedy under Article 227. The earlier view treating civil court orders as subject to Article 226 was held inconsistent with binding larger Bench authority and was overruled. Article 227 remains a distinct supervisory jurisdiction over subordinate courts, separate from the writ power under Article 226.

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Issues: Whether judicial orders of civil courts are amenable to writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution, and whether the scope of Article 227 is distinct from Article 226.

Analysis: The Constitution confers wide writ powers on High Courts, but the controlling principle is that certiorari lies to correct orders of inferior courts, tribunals, or authorities acting without jurisdiction or in patent error, not to treat civil courts of plenary jurisdiction as bodies amenable to writ correction under Article 226. Earlier Constitution Bench authority had consistently distinguished judicial orders of civil courts from orders of tribunals or quasi-judicial authorities, holding that such orders are corrected by appeal, revision, or supervisory jurisdiction, and not by certiorari under Article 226. The earlier view that civil court orders could be brought within Article 226 was held to be inconsistent with the binding larger Bench authorities. Article 227, by contrast, remains a separate supervisory power over subordinate courts.

Conclusion: Judicial orders of civil courts are not amenable to writ jurisdiction under Article 226, and Article 227 is distinct from Article 226. The contrary view was overruled.

Ratio Decidendi: A writ of certiorari under Article 226 does not lie to correct judicial orders of civil courts of plenary jurisdiction; such orders are subject to appellate or supervisory correction under the appropriate constitutional or statutory remedy, with Article 227 remaining a distinct supervisory jurisdiction.

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