Multiple choice

Which article empowers the High Courts to issue writs for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights?

  1. Article 226

  2. Article 214

  3. Article 256

  4. Article 318

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Explanation

Article 226 empowers every High Court to issue writs for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights as well as for 'any other purpose' within their territorial jurisdiction. This gives High Courts wider writ jurisdiction than the Supreme Court under Article 32, which is limited only to Fundamental Rights enforcement.