The Supreme Court of India has set aside an interim order of the Bombay High Court that directed the registration of a First Information Report (FIR), ruling that extraordinary writ jurisdiction under Article 226 should not be invoked when equally efficacious statutory remedies remain unexhausted. The Bench, comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George
High Court Cannot Direct Registration of FIR Under Article 226 Without Exhaustion of Alternative Remedies: Supreme Court
