Writ Jurisdiction under Articles 226 or Application under Article 227 of the Constitution of India
The Writ Petition is a special remedy provided to people of India for enforcement of their fundamental and statutory rights against the Govt and its various agencies, and in exceptional circumstances, the writ remedy may be invoked against private bodies, who are either discharging pubic functions, or if they are acting contrary to law and in collusion with Administration.
Writ jurisdiction under Article 226 and supervisory jurisdiction of High Courts under Article 227, may be also invoked against decisions and Orders passed by judicial, quasi judicial bodies and administrative bodies discharging quasi judicial functions, where they have acted wholly without jurisdiction, or in excess of it, or in violation of the principles of natural justice, or have refused to exercised the jurisdiction vested in them, or where there is an error apparent on the fact of the record, and such act, omission, error or excess has resulted in manifest injustice.
