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While bulk of our work revolves around
individual cases, we also feel the need to
address larger concerns which affect a class of
women and help to bring in policy level changes.
These cases are filed in ‘public interest’ or as
class action cases. This branch of law has been
advanced by our Supreme Court and High Courts to
provide succor to people from marginalized
sectors who are not able to initiate the legal
proceedings on their own initiative. By
permitting representative groups of social
activists to initiate proceedings on their
behalf, an activists judiciary has vastly
expanded the concept of ‘locus standi’ through
which several social action groups are able to
initiate campaign oriented legal cases.
Following are some legal interventions in the
realm of Public Interest Litigation by Majlis : |
