SHOULD THE JURISDICTION OF PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) BE RECONSIDERED?

Public interest litigation (PIL) emerged as a transformative judicial innovation aimed at widening access to justice for the poor people and the marginalised . This was achieved by relaxing the strict rules of standing to permit representative actions, and by broadening the scope of judicial notice to allow courts to take suo motu cognisance of the public issues and convert them into litigations , however concerns have been raised, about the misuse of this jurisdiction, more over now union Government has urged the Supreme Court to reconsider the PIL framwork altogether, citing the rise of agenda driven litigation, as such now there is a question that should the PIL jurisdiction be reconsidered ?  and now the question of conversation must be discussed for the evolution of PIL. :-- Er Fateh chand Guleria, Director RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal pradesh phone number, 9459334377