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AGAINST
WHOM A PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION CAN BE FILED?
A PUBLIC
INTEREST LITIGATION can be filed only against a State / Central Govt., Municipal
Authorities, and not any private party.
However "Private party"
can be included in the PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION as "Respondent", after
making concerned state authority, a party.
For example - If there is a
Private factory in Delhi, which is causing pollution, then people living nearly,
or any other person can file a PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION against:
·
Government of Delhi · State Pollution Control Board, and ·
Also against the private factory
However, a PUBLIC INTEREST
LITIGATION can not be filed against the Private party alone concerned state Govt.
/, and state authority has to be made a party.
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