PIL and India- A Judicial Diagnosis

Abstract

Public interest litigation or PIL has played such a vital role in the justice delivery system that our judicial system could hardly achieve those objectives through conventional method of litigation processes. PIL provides a ladder to justice to the disadvantaged or poor sections of the society and enables the civil society or conscious people to take part in the decision making processes of the government and which could ultimately contribute towards the good governance by making a check and balance on the governmental activities and making government responsible and accountable towards the citizen.