4 Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court (Article 133)

1. The original-extraordinary jurisdiction (133(2)-(3)) — the writ power: enforcement of Part-3 rights; any other legal right with no other remedy, or an inadequate/ineffective one; the settlement of constitutional/legal questions in disputes of public interest or concern (PIL's base) — through habeas corpus, mandamus, certiorari, prohibition, quo warranto (the five writs — Unit 2's remedies anatomy); the internal-affairs proviso (Parliament's own proceedings immune except want of jurisdiction); 2. The constitutional-review jurisdiction (133(1)): any Nepali citizen may petition to declare any law void — for unreasonably restricting Part-3 rights or other inconsistency (including provincial law vs. federal law; local law vs. federal/provincial law); the Court voids ab initio or from the decision's date — the judicial-review engine (Section 6); 3. Appellate jurisdiction (133(5)): appeals from the High Courts; PIL judgments' and constitutional-interpretation cases' appeals; references from the HCs; 4. Review jurisdiction (133(4)): review of its own judgments and interim orders — by judges other than the original bench; the confirmation-reference procedure; 5. The satellite powers: case transfer-and-invitation (134 — public-importance questions; inter- HC impartiality transfers); contempt (128(4)); judicial administration (128(3) — supervision and directives over all courts); the annual report (138).