IMPORTANCE OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION

Public Interest Litigation is a power given to the general public to reach the Courts to get legal redress. 

The Following are the Importance of PIL:

👉Public interest litigation provides a wider scope promoting the right to equality.

👉Part III of the Constitution of India guarantees right to quality, life, and personality, and PIL ensures right to life and personality.

👉PIL is solely responsible for providing relief and remedies of the writ jurisdiction.

👉PIL practice functions as an effective instrument for changing society and ensuring welfare.

👉Anyone can seek remedy on behalf of the under-privileged class by introducing with the help of the public interest litigation.

👉Public interest litigation is the use of the law to advance human rights and equality, or raise issues of broad public concern. 

👉Public interest litigation is most commonly used to challenge the decisions of public authorities by judicial review.  Judicial review is concerned with whether the law has been correctly applied, and the right procedures have been followed. 

👉PIL is an important instrument of social change and for maintaining the Rule of law and accelerating the balance between law and justice.

👉PIL is an important tool to make human rights reach those who have been denied rights.

👉PIL helps in judicial monitoring of state institutions like prisons, asylums, protective homes, etc.

👉Holding the public accountable by/and ensuring that they make appropriate decisions, act fair and transparent within their legal powers.

👉PIL provides a voice to the voiceless and vulnerable by highlighting an important issue.

👉Raise awareness of societal issues, encourage public debates and increase accurate media coverage.