Article 226

Supreme Court rules revenue records like pahanies and jamabandi prove only fiscal status, not ownership, and that Article 226 writ courts cannot decide genuine land title disputes.

Bombay High Court orders the CBI to register an FIR and probe Disha Salian's 2020 death, applying the Lalita Kumari mandatory-FIR doctrine six years after a closure report was accepted.

The Supreme Court in Sujal Vishwas Attavar v. State of Maharashtra reaffirmed that Article 226 FIR registration remedies are extraordinary in nature and cannot ordinarily bypass statutory procedures under the BNSS. The judgment strengthens the principle that litigants must exhaust alternative remedies before invoking writ jurisdiction.

The Dinesh Kumar Supreme Court judgment clarifies that welfare societies operating on government land can face Article 226 scrutiny. The Court set aside allotments tainted by favouritism and reaffirmed fiduciary duties of ex officio public officials.

The Supreme Court ruled that a pending writ petition (Article 226) is no excuse for a time-barred statutory remedy. The Court held that writ jurisdiction cannot rescue a litigant who negligently allowed their appeal rights to expire.

SC examines writ jurisdiction under Article 226, balancing statutory arbitration and constitutional remedies under the MSMED Act.