Notes

Supervisory Jurisdiction

  • revisional jurisdiction
    • intervene in cases of gross injustice
    • abuses of jurisdiction
    • violation of PNJ
  • if lower court or tribunal exercised power arbitrarily
  • can make rules to regulate fn of subordinate courts
    • can use contempt powers to ensure free and fair functioning
  • they control matters for judges in subordinate courts like
    • posting
    • promotion
    • granting of leave
  • if HC satisfied a case pending in subordinate court involves a substantial question of law, the HC may withdraw case from lower court and entertain that case itself