PIL-Public Interest Litigation

If any thing comes to knowledge before court that is printed in paper or .any letter written to court ,if the court thinks fit if any persons interested file petition before court for public interest then the court may consider it.

The procedure for filing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is similar to the procedure to be adopted while filing a writ petition. This means that the rules have prescribed by the Supreme Court Rules, and the rules of the respective High Courts.

PIL in High Courts: If the PIL is to be filed in the High Court, then 2 copies of the petition have to be filed and if the PIL is to be filed in the Supreme Court, then the petition has to be filed in five sets (4+1). Also, it is imperative to serve an advance copy of the petition on each respondent/opposite party and the proof of having served the copy of the petition to the respondent(s) has to be affixed with the petition – that can be in the form of postal or courier receipts.

PIL in Supreme Court:  If the PIL is to be filed in the SC, then 5 sets of petition have to be filed and the opposite party needs to be served.

A court fee of Rs 50, per respondent has to be affixed on the petition.

This above is the coventional procedure. However, as Ms Shahi Dhara in the earlier pointed out, is any other information comes to the knowledge in printed form, by any means, the court can ay deem it admissible as a PIL. As we have seen in Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration, the court admitted a letter by the petition as a PIL.

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