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