Public Interest Litigation(PIL)

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....cuniary interest, or some interest by which their legal rights or liabilities are affected. It does not mean anything so narrow as mere curiosity, or as the interests of the particular localities, which may be affected by the matters in question. Interest shared by citizens generally in affairs of local, state or national government...." Advanced Law Lexicon has defined 'Public Interes....

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....taken in the recognition that ordinary market place for legal services fails to provide such services to significant segments of the population and to significant interests. Such groups and interests include the proper environmentalists, consumers, racial and ethnic minorities and others." M/s Holicow Pictures Pvt. Ltd. v. Prem Chandra Mishra & Ors. - [2007 (12) TMI 445 - SUPREME COURT]. STATE OF....