Lawyers bring public interest litigation cases ("PIL") to the Indian Supreme Court seeking many different types of remedies, including to prevent the construction of power plants that may damage the environment or to prevent violations of rights of a group of people. The Indian Supreme Court (the "Supreme Court" or "Court") sometimes responds by creating guidelines like what the executive branch might do. But in many PIL cases, litigants are not asking for the creating of new rules, but instead

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... they are simply asking the Supreme Court to encourage the government to amend, implement, and enforce laws that already exist.