Courts are institutions tasked to adjudicate and not to legislate: Calcutta High Court on when judicial inquiry is warranted

"Constitutional Courts, such as this Court ought to be hesitant in interfering in matters of such policy or the day-to-day functioning of any departments of the government or any statutory bodies", the Court held.
Justice Shekhar B Saraf, Calcutta High Court
Justice Shekhar B Saraf, Calcutta High Court

The courts in this country, including the High Courts, are institutions tasked to adjudicate and not to legislate, said the Calcutta High Court recently, while commenting on the limited extent to which a High Court can interfere in matters of State policy under Article 226 of the Constitution (Subhasis Negel and ors. v. The State of West Bengal & ors).

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