Public Interest Litigation
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Public interest litigation, lexically the expression 'PIL' means a legal action intended in a Court of law for the enforcement of public interest or general interest in which the public or a class of the community have pecuniary interest or some interest by which their legal rights or liabilities are affected, Janta Dal v. H.S. Chowdhary, (1992) 4 SCC 305: (1991) 3 SCR 752.
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