Interview with Justice Bhagwati with Rajiv Mehrotra.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5QaN5ReOmE Principle of PIL Public Interest Litigation. How it began.. Any member of the public or NGO with Bonafide can go to court on behalf of poor or class of people who cannot reach the court for any social economic reasons .. Was a way of Indianisation of Legal System.
There is delay in appointment of judges.. 30000 cases come to SC, only 300 is PIL at the outside, so the argument that PIL has made the courts increase backlog..
Social Justice is the role of the executive... Appointment of judges