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104                     THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                                 (Part VI.—The States)

        225. Jurisdiction of existing High Courts.—Subject to the provisions
of this Constitution and to the provisions of any law of the appropriate
Legislature made by virtue of powers conferred on that Legislature by this
Constitution, the jurisdiction of, and the law administered in, any existing High
Court, and the respective powers of the Judges thereof in relation to the
administration of justice in the Court, including any power to make rules of
Court and to regulate the sittings of the Court and of members thereof sitting
alone or in Division Courts, shall be the same as immediately before the
commencement of this Constitution:
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          [Provided that any restriction to which the exercise of original
jurisdiction by any of the High Courts with respect to any matter concerning
the revenue or concerning any act ordered or done in the collection thereof was
subject immediately before the commencement of this Constitution shall no
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longer apply to the exercise of such jurisdiction.]   od
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          [226. Power of High Courts to issue certain writs.—(1)
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Notwithstanding anything in article 32 3***, every High Court shall have
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power, throughout the territories in relation to which it exercises jurisdiction, to
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issue to any person or authority, including in appropriate cases, any
Government, within those territories directions, orders or writs, including
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  [writs in the nature of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto
and certiorari, or any of them, for the enforcement of any of the rights
conferred by Part III and for any other purpose.]
        (2) The power conferred by clause (1) to issue directions, orders or writs
to any Government, authority or person may also be exercised by any High
Court exercising jurisdiction in relation to the territories within which the cause
of action, wholly or in part, arises for the exercise of such power,


1. Omitted by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment)                  Act, 1976, s. 37
   (w.e.f. 1-2-1977) and subsequently ins. by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment)
   Act, 1978, s. 29 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).
2. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 38 for art. 226
   (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
3. The words, figures and letters "but subject to the provisions of article 131A and article
   226A" omitted by the Constitution (Forty-third Amendment) Act, 1977, s. 7
   (w.e.f. 13-4-1978).
4. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 30, for the portion
   beginning with "writs in the nature of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo
   warranto and certiorari, or any of them" and ending with "such illegality has resulted
   in substantial failure of justice." (w.e.f. 1-8-1979).

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