In 1986, the then Chief Justice PN Bhagwati introduced PIL to the Indian judicial system. The original intent was to provide access to justice to aggrieved citizens.
Reportedly, Prashant Bhushan had filed a writ petition on April 30 in the Supreme Court seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by Gujarat police for hurting of religious sentiments.
Earlier today, the apex court of the country had provided protection from arrest for three weeks to Arnab Goswami in relation to the FIRs filed against him for the alleged defamation of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.