'Can't Direct Govt To Introduce Bill': Supreme Court Sets Aside HC Directions To Make Law Commission Statutory Body & Codify Tort Law

The Supreme Court on Friday reiterated that a writ court cannot mandate to the legislature to legislate on a particular subject. A division bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Sanjay Karol observed that it is not within the power of a writ court to direct the Government to introduce a particular bill in the legislature and that it can only recommend amendments...