Importance of P.I.L.

1. Bonded labour
2. Child welfare
3. Protection of prostitute and their children
4. Care taker house
5. Protection of environment
6. In force of public duty
7. C.B.I. and central vigilances
8. Code of conduct and medical profession
9. Blood bank
10. Pain harassment and uncommon behavior
11. Fabricated war
12. Breach against human rights
13. Rape victimized
14. By sex harassment breach of provision 14 and 21 of the working women
15. People
16. Protection of court status

Definition:P.I.L.

The words 'Public Interest' has been defined in Black's Law Dictionary (6th Ed.) as something in which the public, the community at large has some pecuniary interest or some interest by which their legal rights or liabilities are affected. 

In Janata Dal v/s H.S.Choudhary, P.I.L. has been defined as a legal action initiated in a court of law for the enforcement of public interest or general interest in which the public or a class of the community have pecuniary interest or some interest by which their legal rights or liabilities are affected.

Scope of Public Interest Litigation

1. Prisoner's rights and prison administration
2. Protection of bonded, contract and child-labour
3. Amplifying the scope of right to life
4. Protection of environment
5. Political corruption and crime

Landmark Innovations of P.I.L.

1.  Expanding horizons of Locus Standi rule
2.  Evolving epistolary jurisprudence
3.  Appointing socio-legal commissions of inquiry
4.  Monitoring laws and judicial orders
5.  Enforcing public duties