Name the mother of PIL (Public Interest Litigation) who passed away in 2013 at the age of 86?
Question and options
Name the mother of PIL (Public Interest Litigation) who passed away in 2013 at the age of 86?
- Anupama Rao
- Kapila Hingorani
- Sunita Narain
- None of the given options is correct
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B - Kapila Hingorani
Kapila Hingorani is called the mother of PIL: her 1979 habeas corpus petition on behalf of undertrial prisoners held in Bihar jails (the Hussainara Khatoon case) began public interest litigation in India. She died in New Delhi in December 2013, aged 86. Sunita Narain is an environmentalist, not a lawyer associated with PIL's origin.
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