Q. The concept of Public Interest Litigation originated in:
Answer: C
Notes:
Explanation: Public Interest Litigation:
- The concept of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) originated and developed in the USA in the 1960s.
- In the USA, it was designed to provide legal representation to previously unrepresented groups and interests.
- It was undertaken in recognition of the fact that the ordinary marketplace for legal services fails to provide such services to significant segments of the population and to significant interests.
- Such groups and interests include the poor, environmentalists, consumers, racial and ethnic minorities, and others.
- In India, the PIL is a product of the judicial activism role of the Supreme Court.
- It was introduced in the early 1980s. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer and Justice P.N. Bhagwati were the pioneers of the concept of PIL.
Source: UPSC PYQ