Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?

The correct answer is C. Prohibition is matched wrongly with 'To be certified', which is the literal meaning of Certiorari, not Prohibition. Prohibition means 'to forbid' or 'to prohibit'.

Check the others. Habeas corpus means 'to have the body of', and the writ is used to produce a detained person before the court to test the legality of detention (Article 32 and Article 226). Mandamus means 'we command', a writ directing a public authority to perform a legal duty it has neglected. Quo-warranto, meaning 'by what authority', asks a person holding a public office to show the legal basis of their claim to that office.

Core concept: the writs under Article 32 (Supreme Court) and Article 226 (High Courts), a favourite topic under fundamental rights and judicial review. Prohibition is preventive: a superior court issues it to a lower court or tribunal to stop it from acting beyond its jurisdiction. Certiorari is curative: it quashes an order already passed. That distinction is exactly what a Mains answer on writ jurisdiction needs.

Trap: candidates know the Latin for all five writs but mix up prohibition and certiorari, because both are issued against lower courts or tribunals. Learn them by their function, not just their translation.