📜 Official Text

(1) Every High Court has the power, throughout its territorial jurisdiction, to issue directions, orders, or writs (habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto, certiorari) to any person, authority, or government, for enforcing Part III Fundamental Rights and for any other purpose. (2) This power extends to cases where the cause of action arises within the High Court's territory even if the government/authority/person is based elsewhere. (3) Special time limits apply to interim orders/injunctions made without notice to the other side. (4) This power doesn't derogate from the Supreme Court's Article 32(2) power.