Beyond review lies the exceptional doctrine of curative jurisdiction. In Rupa Ashok Hurra, the Supreme Court recognised the curative petition as an extraordinary mechanism to prevent gross miscarriage of justice even after dismissal of a review petition. The jurisdiction is deliberately narrow because an unrestricted curative power would effectively destroy finality.
The existence of curative jurisdiction demonstrates that in the rarest circumstances, finality remains subject to an exceptional constitutional power of correction where the judicial process has failed in a sufficiently grave manner.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. v. Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt. Ltd. illustrates the continuing constitutional significance of this safety valve, while equally cautioning that curative jurisdiction cannot become a further stage of ordinary appellate review.
The remedial framework may, therefore, be understood as a progression from the finality of adjudication, to limited review and, in the rarest cases, to curative intervention. At each stage, the threshold rises and the permissible scope of intervention narrows.