NGO that files PILs comes under strict Supreme Court scrutiny

NEW DELHI: The functioning of the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) today came under severe scrutiny by the Supreme Court, which asked a series of searching questions to its counsel Prashant Bhushan by voicing concern that rival commercial litigants could be using the NGO as an instrument to settle scores.
The apex court noted that 50 PILs have been filed by the CPIL over the years, but it was of the impression that the NGO did not have any credible mechanism to verify the information which formed the basis for filing the PILs.
"We understand that our impression today is that you have no mechanism to scrutinise or verify the information as to prima facie these information disclose any fraud," a bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur said during the hearing of a PIL filed by CPIL challenging the grant of 4G licences to Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL).
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