{"id":251573,"date":"2025-03-04T15:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/04\/sc-judge-justice-nagarathna-flags-misuse-of-pils\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T15:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:52:14","slug":"sc-judge-justice-nagarathna-flags-misuse-of-pils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/04\/sc-judge-justice-nagarathna-flags-misuse-of-pils\/","title":{"rendered":"SC judge Justice Nagarathna flags misuse of PILs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-118714490,imgsize-130486.cms?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"SC judge Justice Nagarathna flags misuse of PILs\" title=\"SC judge Justice Nagarathna flags misuse of PILs\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"22\"><a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> judge Justice BV Nagarathna on Tuesday flagged the misuse of PILs and said a powerful weapon to deal with injustices was reduced to being viewed with suspicion due to the actions of a few. <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/justice-nagarathna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice Nagarathna<\/a> said a <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/public-interest-litigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public interest litigation<\/a> (PIL) was a &#8220;virtuous weapon&#8221; in the hands of the weak but it was losing its virtue. <\/p>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:96-->&#8220;PIL, if I may say in a very colloquial way, is either &#8216;paisa interest litigation&#8217;, publicity interest litigation, private interest litigation&#8230;,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;PIL, if I may say, is a virtuous weapon in the hands of the weak but now it is losing its virtuousness,&#8221; she added. <\/p>\n<p>Justice Nagarathna was speaking at the release of &#8220;Law, Justice, Society: Selected Works of <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/upendra-baxi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Upendra Baxi<\/a>&#8220;, published by Oxford University Press. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A powerful weapon for ameliorating injustices, which, owing to the actions of a few, has been reduced to being viewed with suspicion and not in a positive light,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n<p><!--\/include_growfast.cms?pagename=article&skipcss=1potime:625--><br \/>Justice Nagarathna said professor Baxi demonstrated how PILs had served as a mechanism for holding the state accountable by enabling the judiciary to act as a guardian of <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/fundamental-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fundamental rights<\/a>. &#8220;I think the time has now come for him (Baxi) to think and write about the misuse of PILs,&#8221; she said. 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