Why ‘Publicity Interest Litigations’ Are Wearying Indian Courts
Last week, the Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking the opening of certain rooms of the Taj Mahal and called it a ‘publicity interest litigation’. Here’s a look at how the misuse of PILs is affecting the judicial system
This opinion was published in The Times of India on October 27, 2022.
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Priyamvadha is a Research Fellow with the Justice, Access, and Lowering Delays Initiative (JALDI) team at Vidhi, Karnataka. Her areas of interest include comparative constitutional law and human rights, particularly women's and migrant rights. She graduated with a B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in 2020 and obtained the BCL from the University of Oxford in 2021. She has previously interned with Centre for Child and the Law, NLS-Bangalore, and has provided research assistance on other independent research projects. She enjoys reading, writing fiction and poetry, quizzing, listening to diverse music genres, and playing the piano.
