“Public” or “private” interest litigation?

“Public” or “private” interest litigation?

In the late 1970s, the Supreme Court introduced the innovation of Public interest litigation. The idea was to improve the access of marginalised individuals and groups to the higher courts through proceedings brought by unaffected parties.


How has this promise and purpose played out since then? As part of our special series commemorating 75 years of the Supreme Court, Advocate Gulnar A. Mistry traces the changing understanding of locus standi through the utterances and decisions of the Court in PIL matters. The result, she argues, is a haphazard jurisprudence that creates uncertainty in the mind of a bona fide seeker of public-oriented justice.


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