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    Clinical Legal Education PIL

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    This document is an exam for a Clinical Legal Education course on Public Interest Lawyering, Legal Aid, and Para Legal Services. It contains 6 questions assessing different concepts: 1) Whether PIL should address private or political interests. 2) How courts can order new remedies, including meeting expenses for public interest lawyering. 3) The concept of locus standi in public interest lawyering and exceptions to allow strangers to file cases. 4) The role of the Supreme Court in protecting the environment under Article 21. 5) The concept of legal aid in India as a constitutional right for the indigent. 6) The working and powers of

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    This document is an exam for a Clinical Legal Education course on Public Interest Lawyering, Legal Aid, and Para Legal Services. It contains 6 questions assessing different concepts: 1) Whether PIL should address private or political interests. 2) How courts can order new remedies, including meeting expenses for public interest lawyering. 3) The concept of locus standi in public interest lawyering and exceptions to allow strangers to file cases. 4) The role of the Supreme Court in protecting the environment under Article 21. 5) The concept of legal aid in India as a constitutional right for the indigent. 6) The working and powers of

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    Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab

    (Accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)


    Open Book Online End-Term Examination- July 2021

    Semester- X
    Subject – Clinical Legal Education
    (Public Interest Lawyering, Legal Aid and Para Legal Services)

    Time – 1 ½ Hour Maximum Marks – 30

    Part - A
    Attempt all question of this Part. Each question carries 5 marks.

    1) In Delhi Municipal Workers Union (Regd.) v. M.C. Delhi, AIR 2001 Delhi
    68, the Hon’ble High Court observed that PIL should not end up either
    as private interest litigation or politics interest litigation. Do you agree
    with the above statement? Give your reasons.

    2) The Courts in India, under the concept of PIL, can now order new
    remedies or awards which were earlier not known including the order
    concerning the bearing of the expenses in the cases of filing Public
    Interest Litigation. In the light of the above statement, explain the
    concept of meeting expenses for Public Interest Lawyering.

    Part – B
    Attempt any two questions. Each question carries 10 marks.
    3) The traditional rule is flexible enough to take in those cases where the
    applicant has been prejudicially affected by an act or omission of an
    authority, even though he has no proprietary or even a fiduciary interest
    in the subject-matter. That apart, in exceptional cases even a stranger
    or a person who was not a party to the proceedings before the authority,
    but has a substantial and genuine interest in the subject-matter of the
    proceedings will be covered by this rule. Do you agree with the above

    1
    Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab
    (Accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
    Open Book Online End-Term Examination- July 2021

    Semester- X
    Subject – Clinical Legal Education
    (Public Interest Lawyering, Legal Aid and Para Legal Services)

    Time – 1 ½ Hour Maximum Marks – 30

    statement? In the light of the above statement discuss in detail, with


    the help of relevant case laws and provisions, the concept of Locus
    Standi in Public Interest Lawyering.

    4) Article 21 of the Constitution of India, 1950 provides that people have


    the right of enjoyment of pollution free water and air for full enjoyment
    of life. If anything endangers or impairs that quality of life in derogation
    of laws, a citizen has right to have recourse to Article 32 of the
    Constitution for removing the pollution of water or air which may be
    detrimental to the quality of life. In the light of the above statement
    discuss in detail, with the help of relevant case laws and provisions,
    the role of Supreme Court of India to protect the environment.

    5) Legal aid is a Constitutional right of every accused person who is


    unable to engage a lawyer and secure legal services because of reasons
    such as poverty, indigence. State is under a constitutional mandate to
    provide a lawyer to such accused person if the needs of justice so
    require. Discuss in the light of above statement, with the help of
    relevant cases laws and provisions, the concept of Legal Aid in India.

    6) Discuss with the help of relevant provisions the working and powers of
    Lok Adalats under the Legal Services Act, 1987.

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