ORDER

Madan B. Lokur, J.

1. Over the years, public interest litigation has brought immense social change through interventions made and directions issued by this Court. Public interest litigation has been initiated, very rarely, by suo motu [Suo Motu Writ Petitions: In Re: Outrage As Parents End Life After Child’s Dengue Death, (2016) 10 SCC 709, In Re: Death of 25 Chained Inmates in Asylum Fire in Tamil Nadu v. Union of India, (2002) 3 SCC 31, In Re: Indian Woman says gang-raped on orders of Village Court published in Business and Financial News, (2014) 2 SCC 786] exercise of jurisdiction by this Court. On most occasions, it has been initiated through a writ petition filed by activist individuals or organizations [Writ Petitions filed: MC Mehta v. Union of India [Oleum Gas Leak], (1986) 2 SCC 176, Pt. Parmanand Katara v. Union of India, (1989) 4 SCC 286, Bachpan Bachao Andolan v. Union of India, (2011) 5 SCC 1]. Again, quite infrequently, it has been initiated on the basis of a communication received by this Court [Letters Petitions: Prem Shankar Shukla v. Delhi Administratio