Taking Suffering Seriously: Social Action Litigation in the Supreme Court of India, 1979 - 1980
Scope and Contents
The Upendra Baxi Collection is a digital collection that currently comprises a single series, Bibliography. This series is organised into several subseries, including Published Academic Articles, Published Book Chapters, Published Books, Published Book Reviews, Published Lectures and Presentations from Conferences and Seminars, Newspaper Articles, Letters and Correspondence (Mathura Rape Case), Other Media, and Media Articles by Others on the Mathura Rape Case.
Dates
- Publication: 1979 - 1980
Creator
- Upendra Baxi (Author, Person)
- Sharunya (Archives Intern, Person)
- Meghashree Dev (Processing Archivist, Person)
Full Extent
From the Collection: 250 Megabytes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Upendra Baxi's "Taking Suffering Seriously: Social Action Litigation in the Supreme Court of India" (SAL) explores how India's Supreme Court transformed into a court for the oppressed post-Emergency, moving beyond elite legal disputes to address mass suffering via SAL (often called PIL), driven by judicial populism, making justice accessible to the marginalized by using letters/petitions as legal standing, but also highlighting challenges like judicial overreach and the gap between promises and reality, establishing the Indian judiciary as a vital, visible force for social change. Published in Delhi Law Review Volumes 8 & 9. pg 91-114
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Repository Details
Part of the NLS Law and Society Archives Repository