Public Interest Litigation; a New Dimension of Judicial Activism: Prospects&Potentials

Public Interest Litigation (PIL)is a concept which fully justifies the universally accepted promise that human beings are social animals. No one wants to see his fellows defenseless, in the face of violation of his fundamental rights, due to insufficient means. This very notion has led to the revolutionary concept of PIL. The termPIL is a new phenomenon in our legal system. In PIL the courts are seen for the first time to be concerned with public interest matters going beyond the traditional role of the judges.It involves a public law approach with respect to the rules of standing, procedure and remedies.PIL is one of the unique ideas with the development of which the concept of abstract judicial review has been revealed. Not only that, the Public Interest Litigation is the horizon of the judicial rolling review.The uniqueness of PIL is also lies in the feature of absence of the theory of Judicial Restraint.Not only in terms of elegance and novelty, this is a topic with a high profile due to its importance, relevance and necessity. This paper aims to show the new approaches of the court which have strengthen the judicial activism.