Writ for enforcement of fundamental rights

--- Art. 199 --- Constitutional jurisdiction --- Writ for enforcement of fundamental rights --- Scope --- Article 199 of the Constitution empowers High Courts to issue writs for the enforcement of fundamental rights and public duties --- Actions of the State, its instrumentality, any public authority or person whose actions bear insignia of public law element or public character are amenable to judicial review and the validity of such an action would be tested on the anvil of the provisions of the Constitution and, in particular, the fundamental rights enshrined therein.

--- Art. 199 --- Constitutional jurisdiction --- Enforcement of fundamental rights --- Scope --- Notwithstanding the wide ambit of jurisdiction under Article 199(1)(c), the High Court’s remain bound by the limits of their constitutional mandate and cannot, in our considered view, grant relief solely on the basis of compassion or equitable considerations in the absence of legal sanction --- Any direction issued must strictly conform to the express provisions of law and remain within the bounds of judicial authority.