Gyanender Singh Malik
(Querist) 01 May 2013
This query is : Resolved
What is the full name of advocate who filed first PIL? Is it "Pushpa Kapila Hingorani" or simply "Kapila Hingorani"? Was she born in Kenya?
prabhakar singh
(Expert) 01 May 2013
A Senior Advocate 'Pushpa Kapila Hingorani' filled the first PIL.
The historic case, later known to every law student in India as Hussainara Khatoon Vs Home Secretary, Bihar, drew its name from one of the prison inmates. It was the first PIL in India.
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