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redress
for
public
injury
arising
from
breach of public duty or from violation of
some provision of the Constitution or the
law and seek enforcement of such public duty
and
observance
legal
of
such
provision.
constitutional
This
is
or
absolutely
essential for maintaining the rule of law,
furthering
the
cause
of
justice
and
accelerating the pace of realization of the
constitutional objective”.
In the Supreme Court Judges case S.P. Gupta V.
India, AIR 1982 S.C 149, it was observed as under:
“Where a legal wrong or a legal injury
is caused to a person or to a determinate
class of persons by reason of violation of
any
constitutional
or
legal
right
or
any
burden is imposed in contravention of any
constitutional or legal provision or without
authority of law or any such legal wrong or
legal injury or legal burden is threatened
and
such
persons
person
is
by
or
determinate
reasons
of
class
of
poverty,