Answer the following
questions in 90 to 100 words.
'Every citizen has the right to justice, but the majority do not have access to law.' In the context of the above statement explain any two ways in which PILs are important.
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Access to justice is an essential ingredient of the rule in law. People need to be able to access the courts and legal processes or the law cannot enforce people's right and responsibilities . Every citizen has a right to get justice which is guaranteed under the Constitution. But for easy access to judicial remedy, a system should be created where everybody is confident that they will get the expected justice. The judicial administration should therefore be modified or improved so that due process is established under law.This is more so in the case of public interest litigation or PIL. A chain of lower courts, High Courts and Supreme Court has been hearing various cases and disputes and delivering judgements on these to litigants in various parts of the country.But those who approach the courts are typically people who can afford to pay fees to lawyers, who then decide whether a case is worth fighting in court, and also consider the fees required for processing in the justice administration.What is the platform or provision for the poor in various parts of the country who need justice, but either cannot afford to pay or have no access to the corridors of higher courts? That is the vital question.The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Ranjan Gogoi, has already stated that that PIL is for the poor. If so, this recourse should be available to the poor who are spread across various parts of the country. Is there any systemic provision which will ensure that a poor person in a remote village or town will have access to justice under the PIL?
The system today has blocked these roads. At present no district court is authorised to hear a PIL, nor can anybody approach their local court to hear it.
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