Writ Petition Under Article 226: Alternative Remedy, Maintainability and the Limits of Judicial Review
When will a High Court entertain a writ petition under Article 226? A guide to the alternative-remedy rule and its exceptions, election bars, territorial jurisdiction, suppression of facts, PILs, quo warranto and mandamus, the limits of judicial review, interim relief and intra-court appeals, drawn from 41 judgments with paragraph references.