PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION; BOON OR BANE?

Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general)

Geographic relevance: Africa

Language: English

Data type: Legal references

Author(s): Raagya Zadu

Publication details: Academia.edu (Open source online platform for sharing academic papers)

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Objective of this study:

• To study the origin of the concept of Public Interest Litigation.
• To study the evolution and development of Public Interest Litigation in India
• To discuss the instances of successful adjudication of rights of people through the advent of Public Interest Litigations in India
• To study the cases of misuse of Public Interest Litigation in India
• To suggest measures of keeping a check on the misuse of Public Interest Litigation

Extensive study on the pros and cons of PIL (mainly focused on India). Published by author in “Academia.edu”: online open source platform for sharing academic research. Date not noted by author, but circa 2011.

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