PILS for those who are unable to come to court: Delhi HC

The Delhi Court today said
that Public Interest
Litigation, PIL, can be
preferred for those who are
unable to come to court

The High Court made the
observation while dismissing
an NGO’s plea seeking
disbursal of salaries to
primary teachers of schools
run by North and East Delhi
municipal corporations.

A bench comprising Chief
Justice DN Patel and Justice
C
Hari Shankar said the
teachers
can
always
approach the court if their
salaries have not been paid
to them. They can always
initiate action in accordance
with the law.

The bench said they see no
reason to entertain the
teachers’ writ petition as a
PIL on behalf of those who
are themselves educated.

The high court said a PIL can
be preferred normally for
persons who are unable to
come to court either due to
ignorance illiteracy or
poverty.