Question

. When was the first PIL (Public Interest Litigation) reported in India? Discuss the
case in brief.. When was the first PIL (Public Interest Litigation) reported in India? Discuss the
case in brief.

Answer 1

India had to wait till 1986 when the then chief justice P.N. Bhagwati introduced public interest litigation (PIL) to the Indian judicial system. The original idea was to give marginalised citizens access to justice, but by the mid-1990s PILs had transformed the legal landscape with a flurry of high-profile cases.

Answer 2

Answer:

In India, the first PIL was filed in the year 1976 – Mumbai Kamgar Sabha v. M/s Abdulbhai Faizullabhai and others [1976 (3) SCC 832]. The seed of the PIL was sown by Justice Krishna Iyer through this landmark judgement.