Teaching UGC NET Mock Test Series 2025 (Paper 1 & 2) Law Constitutional and Administrative Law Constitution Law
The writ of prohibition is issued:
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Against person holding a public office without legal authority
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By a superior court to an inferior court for the purpose of preventing it from usurping a jurisdiction which was not legally vested in it.
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If the power of detention of a person vested in an authority was exercised malafide by that authority
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In case of failure to perform a mandatory duty by a public authority provided a demand to enforce that duty was made but it was refused.