1. PUBLIC INTEREST
LITIGATION
PRINCIPLE OF
LOCUS STANDI

2. WHAT IS LOCUS STANDI??
• To bring suit in the court
• Standing to sue
• Person aggrieved shall
activate judicial
proceeding
• Rights and remedies co-
relative
• Policy to save time and
energy

3. PRINCIPLE??
• One directly injured shall
take recourse
• Show special injury in
case public injury
• Petition by total stranger
not entertained

4. JUDICIAL PRECEDENTS
• S.P. GUPTA VS. UOI
(1981) SCC 87
• CHAIRMAN RAILWAY
BOARD VS.
CHANDRIMMA DAS

5. EXPANSION OF LOCUS STANDI: PIL
• Filed by public spirited
citizens
• For the interest of public
• For benefit of weaker
section
• Filed against state
• Originated
& developed by judiciary

6. CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
• ARTICLE: 32
Writ to supreme court
• ARTICLE: 226
Writ to high court

7. JUDICIAL PRECENDENTS
• S.P. GUPTA VS. UOI
• HUSSAINARA KHATOON
VS. HOME SEC. OF
STATE OF BIHAR
• BANDHUA MUKTI
MORCHA VS. UOI

8. PIL DIFFERENT FROM LOCUS STANDI
• CAN BE FILES BY
STRANGER
• IN THE INTEREST OF
PUBLIC
• ONLY AGAINST STATE

9. CONCLUSION
• Basis of a case
• Avoid hypothetical questions
• Developed PIL
• Base of justice
• Removes ambiguity