State Of Maharashtra vs Kusum Charudutt Bharma Upadhye on 17 November, 1980
92. The case of N.S. Thread Co. v. James Chudwick & Bros., has been distinguished by the said Full Bench on the ground that the jurisdiction which the single Judge of the High Court was exercising in that case was the jurisdiction under ordinary law and not under a constitutional law, namely, the Constitution of India. The argument was that if the powers of the High, Court under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution were also to be made subject to the rules of the High Court and the Letters Patent, these powers could be altered or affected by ordinary legislation. It was on this ground that the said Full Bench held that Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution contained an inbuilt power to frame rules for the purposes of these two Articles. With respect, we are unable to accept this line of reasoning.