Justice P. N. BHAGWATI JI, Father of Public Interest Litigation BY VRAJ SHAH
Channel: vraj shah
Date: 2020-05-09

Justice P. N. BHAGWATI ji was our Chief Justice of India. 
He introduced Public Interest Litigation and Judicial Activism to our Judicial System. 

He was a champion of Human Rights. 

"Law, Justice & Judicial Power : Justice P. N. bhagwati's Approach" book was launched on his Judicial Career & Landmark Judgements. 

He introduced Post Card Revolution in Public Interest Litigation. 

In the  case of

 Hussainara Khatoon & Ors.
          Vs. 
Home Secretary, State of Bihar
(1979) AIR 1369, (1979) SCR (3) 532

He introduced Public Interest Litigation.

Senior Most Lawyer Pushpa Kapila Hingorani ma'am has filed that PIL

Justice P. N. bhagwati's has delivered various landmark  judgements with his brother justice 

Ex. 

1-Menka Gandhi 
              Vs. 
   Union of India
(1978)CSR 597, (1978) SCR (2) 621

2- Minerva Mills Ltd. & Ors. 
               Vs. 
    Union of India  & Ors. 
(1980) AIR 1789, (1981) SCR (1) 206

3- Bachhan Singh
                Vs. 
    State of Punjab
  AIR (1980)SC 898, (1980) CR. L. J. 636, (1982) (1) SCALE 713, (1980) 2 SCC 684
(1983) 1 SCR 145

4- S. P. Gupta
             Vs. 
    Union of India & Ors.
AIR (1982) SC 149
(1981) Supp. (1) SCC 877
(1982) 2 SCR 365

5- M. C. Mehta 
              Vs. 
Union of India & Ors. 
(1987) AIR 1086,
(1987) SCR(1) 819

Content Researched by Rahima Ansari.