SC Upholds Judicial Restraint: No Extra Directions Beyond Writ Scope

Radhakrishnan & Anr. Vs Cochin Devaswom Board & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) Litigants Can’t Be Made Worse-Off in Their Own Writ – “No Surprise Directions” SC Slams HC for Travelling Beyond Writ Scope- Kerala HC’s Extra Directions Quashed The Supreme Court, speaking through Justice K.V. Viswanathan, with Justice Dipankar Datta concurring, has strongly deprecated the tendency of High Courts to travel beyond the scope of pleadings & render directions that take litigants by surprise. The Court held that a party invoking writ jurisdiction cannot be made worse-off in its ...