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(h) In exercise of its power of superintendence High
Court cannot interfere to correct mere errors of law or
fact or just because another view than the one taken by
the tribunals or Courts subordinate to it, is a possible
view. In other words the jurisdiction has to be very
sparingly exercised.
(i) High Court's power of superintendence under Article
227 cannot be curtailed by any statute. It has been
declared a part of the basic structure of the Constitution
by the Constitution Bench of this Court in the case of L.
Chandra Kumar vs. Union of India & others, reported in
(1997) 3 SCC 261 and therefore abridgement by a
Constitutional amendment is also very doubtful.