High Court Cannot Exercise Jurisdiction Under Article 227 To Monitor Progress Of Cases Before Fora Below

Case: Firoz Ahmad V. State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Delhi And Ors

Coram: Justice C Hari Shankar

Case No.: CM(M) 636/2022

Court Observation: “It is not possible for this Court, exercising jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to monitor the progress of cases before the fora below,”

“Supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution of India can be exercised only in cases where the forum, subject to the superintending jurisdiction of this Court, acts in a manner which calls for supervisory correction,”

“This Court is unaware of the number of matters pending before the learned SCDRC or the work constraint under which it is operating,”

“The learned SCDRC would take a call on the urgency of the petitioner’s matter keeping in view the number of matters pending before it and other matters which may be of a greater vintage or more urgent,”

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