UPPSC 2018 General Studies I Solved Paper

Question : 56 of 150

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Who was the Chief Justice of India when Public Interest Litigation was introduced in the Indian Judicial system?

M. Hidayatullah
A.M. Ahmedi
P.N. Bhagwati
A.S. Anand

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Chief Justice of India, serving from 12 July 1985 until his retirement on 20 December 1986. He introduced the concepts of Public Interest Litigation and absolute liability in India, and for this reason is held,along with Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer,to be a pioneer of judicial activism in the country.

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