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The Case that Felled a City

Examining the Politics of Indian Public Interest Litigation through One Case

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ID2634837
AuthorsAnuj Bhuwania (0009-0009-4175-3512, Ambedkar University Delhi, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume17
Issue17
Publication date2018-03-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSouth Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1960-6060 • E-ISSN: 1960-6060
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/samaj.4469
OpenAlexW2792594556
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited7

In the last three decades, Delhi, just like many other cities globally, has seen massive changes in its political economy, with a move from industry to services. What marks Delhi’s dislocations as distinct however is their source and their basis—they are based not on administrative or municipal policy or executive directions, but on judicial directions in cases of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) concerning pollution in the city. The spectacular efficacy of PIL in carrying out such a role, I will argue in this paper, can be explained not only by the external ideological trends prevailing during this time period, but also by the peculiar nature of PIL itself as a fundamentally unstable and endlessly malleable jurisdiction

Ideology · Jurisdiction · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public interest · Sociology · Human Rights and Development · Law · Public Administration

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