While achieving such an end might be a utopian endeavour, it serves little purpose to dilute the right to equal access by imposing newer and further obstacles to justice. To achieve a perfect model of equal access would require every person to be possessed of an equal ability to defend his or her rights. Here, in a public interest litigation filed to regulate solid waste disposal in the city of Delhi, the Supreme Court wound up chastising the slum-dweller instead. This move, initiated by a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India T.S. But to seek pre-deposits with a view to prioritising a certain kind of case over another would have staggering implications.

Source: The Hindu May 16, 2016 13:37 UTC