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violation of any constitutional legal right or any
burden
is
imposed
constitutional
authority
of
in
legal
law
contravention
provision
any
member
of
without
of
the
any
legal
public
can
maintain a petition for judicial review redressing
for the legal wrong or injury.
Bhagwati,
J.
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
India
quoted a passage from Professor Thio’s book on locus
standi
and
judicial
review
(1982)
ASC,
P-189
and
observed that the judicial function is that it is
primarily
confining
aimed
the
at
preserving
Legislative
and
legal
Executive
order
by
organs
of
government within their powers in the interest of the
public rests on the theory that the courts are the
final
arbiters
requirements
of
of
what
locus
is
legal
standi
and
are,
illegal
therefore,
unnecessary in this case since they merely impede the
purpose
of
the
function
as
conceived
here.
He
concluded his opinion by observing as under:
“We
member
would,
of
the
therefore,
public
hold
having
that
any
sufficient
interest can maintain an action for judicial