JUDGEMENT
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(1.)The call of the Petitioners in this Petition is Pro Bono Publico with regard to certain directions against alleged mass scale embezzlement.
(2.)Before we enter into the scuffle regarding the merits of the matter, it would be desirable to note the evolution of Public Interest Litigation in India. The origin and evolution of Public Interest Litigation in India emanated from realization of constitutional obligation by the judiciary towards the vast Sections of the Society/the poor and the marginalized Sections of the Society. This jurisdiction has been created and carved out by judicial creativity and craftsmanship.
(3.)The first of the notable cases relates back to 1976 where in the matter of Mumbai Kamgar Sabha v. Abdul Bhai, 1976 3 SCC 832, it was observed as under in para 7 at page 837 of the report:
procedure prescriptions are handmaid not mistresses of justice and failure of fair play is the spirit and the Courts must view procedural deviances
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