Public interest litigation (PIL), which peaked like corona graphs during the lockdown, was conceived by the Supreme Court judges in 1980 and immediately faced resistance from within.
When an activist bench passed an order in a PIL, directing the Uttar Pradesh government to provide fans, lights and a decent toilet in an Agra resettlement home for women, one strict constructionist brother-judge ridiculed the order in a public meeting: “It looks as if the Supreme Court is running the home.” The orders in PILs in recent weeks would look as if the courts have taken ...
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First Published: Tue, June 23 2020. 22:03 IST
