Pecuniary interest, or some interest by which their legal rights or liabilities are affected.

However, in Russel v. Wheeler, [439 P.2d 43 (Colo. 1968)], the Supreme Court of Colorado judicially defined PIL as: 

“Something in which the public, the community at large, has some pecuniary interest, or some interest by which their legal rights or liabilities are affected. It does not mean anything so narrow as mere curiosity, or as the interests of the particular localities, which may be affected by the matters in question.”

Part Of Judgment
Lahore High Court
Writ Petition-Criminal Proceedings-Detention/habeas
409-20
2020 LHC 200

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