High Courts Cannot Reassess Factual Findings Under Article 226; Certiorari Jurisdiction Is Supervisory: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that while exercising powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, a High Court cannot interfere with factual findings recorded by a civil appellate court merely because it takes a different view of the evidence. The Court clarified that interference is permissible only where there is a jurisdictional error or a patent legal defect. It also ruled that any order affecting the rights of…