Under Article 226 of the Indian Constitution, High Courts have the power to issue writs for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights and for 'any other purpose'. What does 'any other purpose' refer to?

💡 Solution & Explanation

Under Article 226 of the Constitution, High Courts have wider writ jurisdiction than the Supreme Court because they can issue writs not only for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights but also for 'any other purpose', which encompasses ordinary legal and statutory rights. Writs are extraordinary judicial remedies borrowed from British jurisprudence. Candidates frequently confuse this with Article 32, which restricts Supreme Court writ jurisdiction strictly to Fundamental Rights.