Tag: judicial activism UPSC

  • ‘Paisa Interest Litigation’? Supreme Court Questions Misuse of PILs

    Important for: UPSC, Haryana HCS, Punjab PCSPrelims: PIL, Judicial Activism, Supreme CourtMains: GS Paper 2 — Judiciary, Public Interest Litigation, Constitutional Governance Why in News? A Supreme Court judge observed that Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is increasingly being misused as “private interest litigation”, “publicity interest litigation”, and even “paisa interest litigation”. The remarks came during…