Taking Suffering Seriously: Social Action Litigation in the Supreme Court of India, 1985
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: 1985
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
This essay reflects on the emergence of social action litigation in the Supreme Court. Baxi examines how courts began responding to suffering and deprivation through procedural innovation, while also questioning the capacities, limits, and ambiguities of judicial intervention in addressing structural injustice. In Third World Legal Studies Vol 4. No. 1. pg 107-132.
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Repository Details
Part of the NLS Law and Society Archives Repository