Public Interest Litigation

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Description
This Book "Public Interest Litigation" by us, Justice P.S. Narayana and Sri P. Jagadish Chandra Prasad, Advocate High Court of Andhra Pradesh and High Court of Telangana is being released by way of its 6th Edition within a decade. This Edition is made upto date as far as possible. But for the able assistance of the coauthor it would not have been possible to make the Book upto date within such a short time. Apart from the coauthor, the assistance given by Sri. N.V. Pillai, the P.P.S. of one of the authors Justice P.S. Narayana and the staff of the India Law Institute is also to be acknowledged. We do thank the Legal Faternity for giving valuable suggestions in improving this Book.

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Contents
1.     Preliminary
2.     Locus Standi
3.     Alternative Remedy
4.     Human Rights and Public Interest Litigation
5.     Contempt Proceedings and Public Interest Litigation
6.     Suits and Public Interest Litigation
7.     Prisons and Prisoners and Public Interest Litigation
8.     Police and Public Interest Litigation
9.     Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 and Public Interest Litigation
10.   Environmental Protection and Public Interest Litigation
11.   Labour and Public Interest Litigation
12.   Legal System and Public Interest Litigation
13.   Education and Public Interest Litigation
14.   Armed Forces and Public Interest Litigation
15.   Politics and Public Interest Litigation
16.   Resjudicata and Public Interest Litigation
17.   Poverty and Public Interest Litigation
18.   Lok Adalats and Public Interest Litigation
19.   Service Disputes and Public Interest Litigation
20.   Public servants and Public Interest Litigation
APPENDICES
A.   The Constitution of India
B.   The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
C.   The National Human Rights Commission (Procedure) Regulations, 1994
D.   International Covenants
E.    International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966
F.   Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
G.   International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966
H.   International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racialis Discrimination, 1966
I.     American Convention on Human Rights, 1969
J.     African Charter on Human Rights and Peoples' Rights, 1981
K.    Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1967
L.    Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979
M.   United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989
N.    Declaration on the Rights of Persons belonging to National Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, 1992
Subject Index.

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Author Details
p.S.Narayana
P.Jagadish
Foreword by
Hon'ble Dr. Justice Motilal B.Naik, Judge, High Court of A.P