PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION WATCH GROUP

PIL WATCH GROUP: Public Interest Litigation Watch Group established in 2004 is a Delhi based non-funded, non-party organization documenting public interest litigation cases. We do not file PILs but react to the results of PILs. Closely watched too, is the accountability and ethical standards of judiciary and conduct of judges. The Group in 2014 initiated ‘bail not jail’ campaign particularly in cases of public importance wherein a socio-political environment gets manufactured which goes against the accused getting justice. The Group started campaigning against death sentence in December 2012 while there was a clamour to award capital punishment to rape convicts. We participate in protests against discrimination on grounds of gender, caste, class, race, sexuality, disability, religion. We support anti-war, human rights and autonomy/federalism campaigns as envisioned in the Indian Constitution. Members work in an honorary capacity pooling in their own resources. We have networked with other individuals and organizations based in and outside Delhi. Research, documentation, petitioning and meeting those in authority form part of our work.