What is the first case of PIL?

Union of India, wherein an unregistered association of workers was permitted to institute a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution for the redress of common grievances. The first reported case of PIL, in 1979, focused on the inhuman conditions of prisons and under trial prisoners.

What was the first case by which PIL was introduced in Bangladesh?

Although PILs had been initiated earlier, the FAP 20 case resulted in the first judgement establishing the expended notion of standing. It recognized PIL as a special type of constitutional litigation under the Bangladeshi legal system.

Who introduced PIL in 1980?

chief justice P.N. Bhagwati
India had to wait till 1986 when the then chief justice P.N. Bhagwati introduced public interest litigation (PIL) to the Indian judicial system.

Which was the first PIL filed in India?

Hussainara Khatoon v. State of Bihar
This case, Hussainara Khatoon v. State of Bihar (1979), became the first PIL to be heard. In 1980, the case of Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration was taken up, in which an inmate of the Tihar jail sent a scribbled piece of paper to Justice Krishna Iyer, complaining about physical torture of prisoners in Tihar.

Which was the first PIL case in India?

What is PIL in BD?

Introduction: Public interest litigation (PIL) claims have been used to defend the rights of the poor, illiterate, disadvantaged, and impoverished people of Bangladesh. Public Interest Litigation is the power given to the public by courts through judicial activism.

Who first of all introduced the PIL?

Justice P. N. Bhagwati
Public interest litigation (PIL) refers to litigation undertaken to secure public interest and demonstrates the availability of justice to socially-disadvantaged parties and was introduced by Justice P. N. Bhagwati. It is a relaxation on the traditional rule of locus standi.

Who filed the first PIL?

G. Vasantha Pai
History. One of the earliest public interest litigation was filed by G. Vasantha Pai who filed a case in the Madras High Court against the then sitting Chief Justice of the Madras High court S.