Jurisdictional errors Jurisdiction ordinarily signifies the competence of a court/ tribunals to entertain the dispute presented before it, and grant reliefs prayed / claimed for. However, the concept of jurisdiction is not confined in its application to Courts, but is also applied to every Statutory / Administrative or Constitutional body, and to every Public servant / instrumentality of the State, as contemplated under Article 12 of the Constitution. Jurisdiction implies the authority of the Court / Tribunals / statutory or administrative bodies, to “invoke” their powers, on a subject matter which comes before them, in the regular discharge of their duties, and take action or pass Orders in that behalf. The errors of Jurisdiction, or to say Jurisdictional error arises, broadly, for reasons of – (i) Want of Jurisdiction / without jurisdiction , that is to say, the Court/ Tribunals / statutory or administrative bodies did not had the powers to “enter upon” the subj...