What is Public Interest Litigation (PIL)?

Public Interest Litigation (PIL) can simply be understood as a special provision for some specific groups or communities.  Any specific community or group of people can move to the court for the advancement of any social subject. If a group of people in the society are facing offended for any of their rights, they can approach the court by putting PIL against the opposition.

The supreme court accepts the PIL of any group if their legal rights are been affected.  The meaning of PIL can be understood easily when a social group or organization moves to the court to fight against any violations of their rights. Socially and economically weaker sections of the society are the purpose for which PIL was introduced and trusted.

In early 1980, Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer and Justice P.N. Bhagwati became the pioneers of PIL or Public Interest Litigation. The concept started in the USA. When the government decided to provide legal representation to some of their unrepresented groups. But when the Indian. A specific group of people demanding services or demands was the real godfathers of PIL in the USA.

As India, is also the home of millions of people and groups, a need to introduce the PIL was also felt. The PIL was given many names under which the meaning and purpose can be easily understood. Names such as Social Interest Litigation, Social action Litigation, and Class action litigation are some of them. So, the basic idea is to provide justice to such groups of our country that are of the same purpose or background. Even though there are rights and litigations for every section of our society and that is why there is a need to ensure the form of such powers.