{"id":1264,"date":"2026-06-18T05:23:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2026-06-26T05:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T05:23:12","slug":"public-interest-litigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/public-interest-litigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Interest Litigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Public Interest Litigation<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>About<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Public Interest Litigation (PIL) refers to the legal process that allows <strong>individuals, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), or social activists to file a petition in court on behalf of the public interest.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A PIL is <strong>not defined in any law, statute or act<\/strong>. The concept of PIL in India was introduced to <strong>provide access to justice for the underprivileged,<\/strong> ensuring that their fundamental rights are protected.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is a tool to challenge the misuse of power, ensure transparency, and hold the government accountable for its actions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Evolution of PIL<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The evolution of PIL can be traced to the <strong>Supreme Court decisions of the late 1970s, <\/strong>such as <em>Hussainara Khatoon &amp; Ors. vs. Home Secretary, State of Bihar (1979) <\/em>(related to deplorable conditions of undertrial prisoners in Bihar), which marked a <strong>departure from the traditional doctrine of <\/strong><strong><em>locus standi<\/em><\/strong>, under which <strong>only an aggrieved party could approach the court<\/strong>, towards permitting representative standing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This <strong>enabled third parties to institute proceedings on behalf of marginalised groups<\/strong> unable to access justice due to systemic barriers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Interest Litigation About Evolution of PIL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1265,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/revisions\/1265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}