Important Legal Definitions

Statutory provisions that declare administrative tribunal decisions "final" and bar ordinary civil court jurisdiction do not and cannot exclude the writ jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 226 or the Supreme Court under Article 32.

In L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India, the Supreme Court held that the power of judicial review over tribunals under Articles 226 and 227 forms part of the Basic Structure and cannot be ousted by any legislative enactment.