Concept of PIL : Supreme Court Explains an Important Aspect

Concept of PIL : Supreme Court Explains an Important Aspect

An important Judgment was passed by Hon'ble Supreme Court on 14 December 2004.

On PIL, it has been commented in Dattaraj Nathuji Thaware v State of Maharashtra & Ors. [2004] GCtR 3016 (SC) that "Public Interest Litigation which has now come to occupy an important field in the administration of law should not be "publicity interest litigation" or "private interest litigation" or "politics interest litigation" or the latest trend "paise income litigation"." "There must be real and genuine public interest involved in the litigation". "It cannot also be invoked by a person or a body of persons to further his or their personal causes or satisfy his or their personal grudge and enmity."

"Public interest litigation is a weapon which has to be used with great care and circumspection and the judiciary has to be extremely careful to see that behind the beautiful veil of public interest an ugly private malice, vested interest and/or publicity seeking is not lurking."

"It is to be used as an effective weapon in the armory of law for delivering social justice to the citizens."

Kindly note that full text Judgments of Hon'ble Supreme Court can be downloaded absolutely free of cost (without any charges except internet data) from the official website at the link 

 https://main.sci.gov.in/judgments

Then entering the date of Judgment, for example, as 14 December 2004.

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Delhi

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