 In this video, let me explain to you the difference between the writ of certiorary and prohibition. See, both these two rits are issued by an higher court towards a lower court to restrain the lower court from exceeding its jurisdiction. The first difference between the writ of certiorary and prohibition is that the writ of certiorary can be issued against both the judicial, quasi-judicial and also administrative authorities. But the writ of prohibition can only be issued against judicial and quasi-judicial bodies. The second difference is that the writ of certiorary is both preventive and curative in nature while the writ of prohibition is only preventive in nature. See, let's say a lower court takes a case upon itself which is outside of its jurisdiction and passes a verdict on the case. Here, the petitioner needs to approach the high court through a writ of certiorary to quash the verdict given by the lower court. He cannot approach the high court through a writ of prohibition since prohibition is only preventive in nature and not curative.