The concept of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) has over the last two decades, grown and expanded to cover all types of litigation involving the interests of the general public.
The Supreme Court has recently directed each High Court to frame its own rules on Public Interest Litigations. Would it not have been better for the Supreme Court itself to formulate the rules so that the same could be uniformly enforced by every High Court across the country? This would ensure some consistency in the manner in which our judges address PILs. It would be nice to see our courts being more proactive and taking suo motu cognizance of public views. This would, in a way, help to ensure a PIL does not end up as a Private Interest Litigation, Political Interest Litigation, Publicity Interest Litigation or worse still, a Paisa Interest Litigation. Aires Rodrigues Ribandar
