High Court imposes new restriction for Public Interest Litigations!
Posted on: 30/Jan/2015 3:08:50 PM
Chennai High Court has informed that the persons who make Public Interest Litigation (PIL) should declare their yearly income details.
Any individual can make a PIL to the court in order to help another person who cannot afford and organise legal help detailing the case.
When a large group of people are affected by an issue, anyone can take this up and make a PIL to the court.
A lot of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) are made in the High Court & Supreme Court.
However, there is some criticism that some that some individuals make PILs for their own publicity & self-interest/benefit.
Both the Supreme Court & High Court are taking initiatives to prevent this by imposing certain restrictions.
Recently, Chennai High Court has brought on a new restriction. A press released from the Chennai High Court Registrar:
The individual making PIL should furnish his/her profession, annual income, PAN (Permanent Account Number) if paying Income Tax, whether the PIL is made on his/her own expenses, the details of expenditure if the PIL is made through others� fund, etc.
As the press release has been made on the State Government News, it is expected that this restriction would be imposed immediately.
