Problems Facing Public Interest Litigation in India

Bridging the Gap: Empowering Marginalized Communities through Public Interest Litigation in India

Abstract

A crucial new legal remedy has been public interest litigation (PIL). For at least a portion of ourexploited oppressed humanity, it has transformed the rhetoric of basic rights into a live reality.Undertrial inmates who spend disproportionately extended times in bars, asylum and care home residentswho endure appalling living circumstances, kids who labour in dangerous jobs, and other marginalisedgroups. The majority of people were not aware of the rights were much less able to exercise them. As aconsequence, there was practically any connection between the large majority of illiterate individuals onthe one hand, and the laws passed by the government and the rights provided by the Indian UnionConstitution on the other.