Has PIL become 'political interest litigation', asks Supreme Court judge
6 years, 6 months ago

Has PIL become 'political interest litigation', asks Supreme Court judge

Deccan Chronicle  

Indore: Supreme Court judge Justice Arun Mishra asked on Saturday whether the Public Interest Litigation had acquired a new meaning as the "Political Interest Litigation". Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, who, along with Justice Mishra, attended the foundation stone-laying ceremony for a new district court building, also expressed worry about the misuse of PILs. But today, has the PIL become Political Interest Litigation?" "Many times, a PIL becomes a 'Personal Interest Litigation'," she said.

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Time Has Come To Think & Write About Misuse Of PILs : Justice BV Nagarathna
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Time Has Come To Think & Write About Misuse Of PILs : Justice BV Nagarathna

Live Law  

Justice BV Nagarathna, Judge of the Supreme Court, recently commented about the misuse of Public Interest Litigations and said that the time has come to think and write about this issue. "I think the time has now come for him to think and write about the misuse of PIL, a powerful legal weapon for ameliorating injustices, which owing though the …

'Paisa-publicity-private interest litigation', where's the real PIL?: Justice Nagarathna
2 weeks, 5 days ago

'Paisa-publicity-private interest litigation', where's the real PIL?: Justice Nagarathna

India Today  

Talking about the misuse of Public Interest Litigation these days, Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna on Tuesday said that the PIL was a virtuous weapon in the hands of the weak, but is now losing its virtue. “If I may say so, now it’s either paisa interest litigation, publicity interest litigation, or private interest litigation, but where is the …

PILs reduced to suspicion due to misuse: SC Judge Nagarathna
Top News
2 weeks, 5 days ago

PILs reduced to suspicion due to misuse: SC Judge Nagarathna

Hindustan Times  

Public interest litigation, once a “virtuous weapon” for the weak and oppressed, has now been reduced to suspicion due to its misuse for monetary or publicity gains, Supreme Court judge justice BV Nagarathna said on Tuesday. Justice Nagarathna commended Baxi for his role in shaping legal thought, especially in human rights and constitutional law. The event marked the unveiling of …

‘Public Interest Or Political Interest Litigation?’: Calcutta High Court In Plea For FIRs Against Suvendu Adhikari Over Panchayat Election Comments
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Public Interest Or Political Interest Litigation?’: Calcutta High Court In Plea For FIRs Against Suvendu Adhikari Over Panchayat Election Comments

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court today took up a PIL upon directions of the Supreme Court, pertaining to registration of FIRs and initiation of criminal proceedings against BJP's Leader of Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari. Mukherji, which had lifted a stay on coercive action against Adhikari, and directed the West Bengal police to register an FIR for his comments during …

Explained: What is PIL? When can it be filed? Courts view on misuse of PIL
2 years, 9 months ago

Explained: What is PIL? When can it be filed? Courts view on misuse of PIL

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Friday slammed the petitioners who sought to challenge the construction work by the Odisha government at Puri’s Jagannath temple for misusing the Public Interest Litigation and imposed a fee on them. The bench observed that there has been an increase in the number of PILs filed in courts and said, “Many such petitions are either publicity …

Politicians entitled to file PILs: SC
3 years, 11 months ago

Politicians entitled to file PILs: SC

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has said judges need not read political motives or prejudice into a PIL petition merely because the person who filed it is a politician. Persons with political affiliations are as much entitled to file a public interest litigation as any other person, a Bench led by Justice Indira Banerjee observed in a recent order. “While it is …

Public Interest Litigation Is Not A Pill Or Panacea For All Wrongs And Can't Be Used For Suspicious Products Of Mischief: HP HC [Read Order]
4 years, 7 months ago

Public Interest Litigation Is Not A Pill Or Panacea For All Wrongs And Can't Be Used For Suspicious Products Of Mischief: HP HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday took up a plea seeking the postponement of the 'HP Subordinate Allied Services Examination-2019' to any subsequent dates, post normalization of COVID-19 crisis. While noting that the pleas raised were absolutely fallacious, the bench remarked, "…the attractive brand name of public interest litigation cannot be used for suspicious products of mischief. Further, highlighting …

Petitioner Interest Litigation – Time To Check.
6 years, 1 month ago

Petitioner Interest Litigation – Time To Check.

Live Law  

PIL-1 & PIL-2 The advent of Public Interest Litigation was perhaps one of finest moments in the history of Indian judiciary. I am focusing from 2015-2018 and taking few samples of such Petitioner Interest Litigation filed before the Supreme Court. Figurative Data – PIL-3 In an hour of research, I could easily gather that in the past 4 years, at …

PILs Can’t Be Used As Tool To Wreck Vengeance: Karnataka HC Junks PIL Filed By Woman Who Has Several Pending Cases against Her Husband [Read Order]
6 years, 4 months ago

PILs Can’t Be Used As Tool To Wreck Vengeance: Karnataka HC Junks PIL Filed By Woman Who Has Several Pending Cases against Her Husband [Read Order]

Live Law  

“The fundamental object of public interest litigation is to enforce fundamental rights and genuine infraction of statutory provisions but not to set right the private dispute or to bring the parties to terms.”Public Interest Litigation cannot be used as a tool to wreck vengeance, the Karnataka High Court has remarked while dismissing a PIL filed by a lady who had …

‘Pro bono publico’; 20 Significant PILs filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation [CPIL]
9 years, 2 months ago

‘Pro bono publico’; 20 Significant PILs filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation [CPIL]

Live Law  

Centre for Public Interest Litigation, a Non-Governmental Organisation which is known of filing Public Interest Litigations in Apex Court and other High Courts highlighting issues involving national interest and those affecting common man, is in news, this time, for a different reason. CPIL, filed Public Interest Litigation in Supreme Court praying that guidelines to regulate the exercise of discretion in …

Soli Sorabjee on PILs: Every matter of public interest cannot be a matter of public interest litigation
9 years, 2 months ago

Soli Sorabjee on PILs: Every matter of public interest cannot be a matter of public interest litigation

Firstpost  

Chief Justice of India TS Thakur recently voiced a concern regarding the misuse of PIL as an instrument to ‘settle scores with corporate rivals and also for personal vendetta’. Question: In December 2014 a bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu and Justice AK Sikri remarked that “public interest litigation was started with a good intention to help the poor people …

The term ‘public interest’ is so open-ended that the fate of PILs rests on the length of My Lord’s foot
9 years, 2 months ago

The term ‘public interest’ is so open-ended that the fate of PILs rests on the length of My Lord’s foot

Firstpost  

No less significant, however, than the identity and credibility of the PIL petitioner, whether an individual or an organisation, is the attitude and approach of the court or, more specifically, the Bench that is entrusted with the responsibility of hearing and deciding PILs. by Anupam Gupta Reacting to a public interest litigation moved by Prashant Bhushan’s Centre for Public Interest …

PIL seeks establishment of a National Court of Appeal with regional Benches; Supreme Court seeks response of Centre and the Ministry of Law
11 years ago

PIL seeks establishment of a National Court of Appeal with regional Benches; Supreme Court seeks response of Centre and the Ministry of Law

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday sought to know the response of the Centre and the Ministry of Law on the question of establishment of a National Court of Appeal with regional benches in major cities to finally decide cases arising from high courts.The Apex Court was considering a Public Interest Litigation filed by a Puducherry-based Advocate, Sri. The Supreme Court …

PIL seeks establishment of a National Court of Appeal with regional Benches; Supreme Court seeks response of Centre and the Ministry of Law
11 years ago

PIL seeks establishment of a National Court of Appeal with regional Benches; Supreme Court seeks response of Centre and the Ministry of Law

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday sought to know the response of the Centre and the Ministry of Law on the question of establishment of a National Court of Appeal with regional benches in major cities to finally decide cases arising from high courts.The Apex Court was considering a Public Interest Litigation filed by a Puducherry-based Advocate, Sri. The Supreme Court …

In public interest
14 years, 9 months ago

In public interest

The Hindu  

Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia, the senior-most judge in the Supreme Court, succeeded Justice K.G. Justice Kapadia, who will be the first CJI born after Independence, will have a tenure of two years and four months, as Supreme Court judges retire at the age of 65. It will be of interest to examine the CJI's views on PILs in the light …

In public interest
17 years, 1 month ago

In public interest

The Hindu  

Activist judiciary: a pro bono fiduciary vis-a-vis operation public interest litigation. In Fertilizer Corporation, sitting on a Bench of the Supreme Court I made the following observations: In the Municipal Council, Ratlam, a Bench of this Court observed: : It is procedural rules, as this appeal proves, which infuse life into substantive rights, which activate them to make them effective …

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