Public Interest Litigations

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Public_Interest_Litigations
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Legal Procedure
gptkbp:address Corruption
Social justice
Environmental issues
Human rights violations
gptkbp:allows Relaxed locus standi
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:PIL
gptkbp:basisFor Article 226 of Indian Constitution
Article 32 of Indian Constitution
gptkbp:criticizedFor Judicial overreach
Frivolous petitions
gptkbp:enables Judicial review of government actions
gptkbp:filingDate gptkb:High_Courts
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India
Any individual or group
gptkbp:firstLine gptkb:Hussainara_Khatoon_v._State_of_Bihar
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Public Interest Litigations
gptkbp:influencedBy Public interest law in the United States
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Justice_V._R._Krishna_Iyer
Justice P. N. Bhagwati
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:India
gptkbp:purpose Protect public interest
gptkbp:regulates Supreme Court guidelines
gptkbp:relatedTo Fundamental Rights
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:India
gptkbp:yearOfFirstCase 1979
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India,_New_Delhi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5