The Economic Survey has been rarely used as a platform to push for judicial reforms. Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution empower high courts with carefully circumscribed writ jurisdiction. But the high courts have "permissively and expansively interpreted this provision", resulting in a substantial increase in Article 226 cases. "There are currently one million writ petitions pending at the six high courts studied," says the Survey. The result: the Delhi and Bombay high courts have original jurisdictions that occupy nearly 10 to 15 per cent of their workload.

Source: The Telegraph January 29, 2018 21:11 UTC