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Public Interest Litigation in India : Overreaching or Underachieving?

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dc.contributor.authorGauri, Varun
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T19:13:31Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T19:13:31Z
dc.date.issued2009-11-01
dc.description.abstractPublic interest litigation has historically been an innovative judicial procedure for enhancing the social and economic rights of disadvantaged and marginalized groups in India. In recent years, however, a number of criticisms of public interest litigation have emerged, including concerns related to separation of powers, judicial capacity, and inequality. These criticisms have tended to abstraction, and the sheer number of cases has complicated empirical assessments. This paper finds that public interest litigation cases constitute less than 1 percent of the overall case load. The paper argues that complaints related to concerns having to do with separation of powers are better understood as criticisms of the impact of judicial interventions on sector governance. On the issue of inequality, the analysis finds that win rates for fundamental rights claims are significantly higher when the claimant is from an advantaged social group than when he or she is from a marginalized group, which constitutes a social reversal, both from the original objective of public interest litigation and from the relative win rates in the 1980s.en
dc.identifierhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091103104346
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5109
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4298
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5109
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectABSTRACTION
dc.subjectACCESS TO COURTS
dc.subjectACCESS TO JUSTICE
dc.subjectACCESSION
dc.subjectADJUDICATION
dc.subjectADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
dc.subjectADVISORS
dc.subjectADVOCACY
dc.subjectAMPARO
dc.subjectARTICLE
dc.subjectBENCHMARK
dc.subjectBENCHMARKS
dc.subjectCASE LAW
dc.subjectCHILDREN'S RIGHTS
dc.subjectCIVIL LAW
dc.subjectCIVIL SERVICE
dc.subjectCLASSIFICATION
dc.subjectCOMMON LAW
dc.subjectCONSTITUTIONAL COURTS
dc.subjectCORRUPTION
dc.subjectCOUNSEL
dc.subjectCOURT
dc.subjectCOURT DECISIONS
dc.subjectCOURT RECORDS
dc.subjectCOURTS
dc.subjectCRIMINAL
dc.subjectCRIMINAL JUSTICE
dc.subjectCUSTODY
dc.subjectDEMOCRACIES
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDISPUTE RESOLUTION
dc.subjectDOCUMENTS
dc.subjectDOMAIN
dc.subjectECONOMIC RIGHTS
dc.subjectELECTIONS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL LAW
dc.subjectFILING
dc.subjectFUNDAMENTAL RIGHT
dc.subjectFUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectHISTORIANS
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subjectINEQUALITIES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectJAILS
dc.subjectJUDGE
dc.subjectJUDGES
dc.subjectJUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subjectJUDICIAL ACTIVISM
dc.subjectJUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS
dc.subjectJUDICIAL CAPACITY
dc.subjectJUDICIAL CORRUPTION
dc.subjectJUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectJUDICIAL POWER
dc.subjectJUDICIAL REVIEW
dc.subjectJUDICIARY
dc.subjectJURIDICAL SCIENCES
dc.subjectJUSTICES
dc.subjectJUVENILE JUSTICE
dc.subjectLAWS
dc.subjectLAWYERS
dc.subjectLEGAL REPRESENTATION
dc.subjectLEGAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectLIABILITY
dc.subjectLIBERTY
dc.subjectLITIGATION
dc.subjectPOLICE
dc.subjectPOLITICAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectPRISON
dc.subjectPRISONERS
dc.subjectPRIVILEGES
dc.subjectPROBABILITY
dc.subjectPUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION
dc.subjectRAPE
dc.subjectRIOTS
dc.subjectRULE OF LAW
dc.subjectSEXUAL HARASSMENT
dc.subjectSOCIAL ACTION LITIGATION
dc.subjectSOCIAL JUSTICE
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROBLEMS
dc.subjectSOCIAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectSOCIAL SCIENCES
dc.subjectTORTURE
dc.subjectTRAFFICKING
dc.subjectWEB
dc.subjectWILL
dc.titlePublic Interest Litigation in India : Overreaching or Underachieving?en
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.crossref.titlePublic Interest Litigation In India : Overreaching Or Underachieving ?
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T12:01:41.244922Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091103104346
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.guid675001468042007347
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5109
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20091103104346
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum11300555
okr.identifier.reportWPS5109
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2009/11/03/000158349_20091103104346/Rendered/PDF/WPS5109.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.region.geographicalSouth Asia
okr.region.geographicalAsia
okr.sectorPrimary education,Law and justice,Health
okr.sectorEducation,Public Administration, Law, and Justice,Health and other social services
okr.themeHIV/AIDS,Education for all,Access to law and justice
okr.themeRule of law,Human development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Law
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume1 of 1
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