Important Legal Definitions

The rule of judicial discipline whereby a High Court refrains from entertaining an Article 226 writ petition if an effective, equally efficacious statutory appellate or revisional mechanism exists under the governing Act.

In United Bank of India v. Satyawati Tondon, the Supreme Court held that High Courts must not entertain Article 226 writ petitions challenging bank possession notices when a specialized remedy is available before the Debts Recovery Tribunal under the SARFAESI Act.