Introduction PIL in Indian Legal System
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION INTRODUCTION Public Interest Litigation which means "litigation in the interest of public". The undeveloped concept of public interest litigation can be traced in the system of ‘ actio popularis ’ of Roman law which permitted anyone in the society to initiate an action for a public delict in the court of law or to bring an action of restitution or injunction for the protection of public property or a religious charitable property. Thus the system of ‘ actio popularis ‘of Roman law can be described as historical basis of the present form of public interest litigation. The Bhopal Gas Disaster (Processing of claims) Act, 1985 which enabled the Union Government to file claims for damages on behalf of the gas victims exhibits a good example of R...