Interested Person Not Entitled To File PIL: Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Filed By Aspirant To Post Of State Information Commissioner

An interested person is not entitled to file a public interest litigation, the Supreme Court observed while it dismissed a petition filed by an aspirant to the post of the State Information Commissioner.The Karnataka High Court had earlier dismissed the writ petition filed by Wing Commander GB Athri challenging an office memorandum issued by the State Government under which a provision was...