Dataset - Year-wise Petitions and Writ Petitions (Civil and Criminal) Received/Filed under Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court of India
Year-wise Petitions and Writ Petitions (Civil and Criminal) Received/Filed under Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court of India
This Dataset consists of year-wise letters/petitions and writ petitions (civil and criminal) received/filed under Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court of India
Year-wise Petitions and Writ Petitions (Civil and Criminal) Received/Filed under Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court of India
This Dataset consists of year-wise letters/petitions and writ petitions (civil and criminal) received/filed under Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court of India
Rows: 150
Columns: 5
Time period: 1985 to 2025
Last Updated: 05 February 2026
Data preview
year
category
value
unit
note
2025
Letter-Petitions received in English, Hindi and other regional languages
47331
value in absolute number
year: data till August 2025
2025
Writ Petition (Civil)
1075
value in absolute number
year: data till August 2025
2025
Writ Petition (Civil) (Suo-Motu)
5
value in absolute number
year: data till August 2025
2025
Writ Petition (Criminal)
426
value in absolute number
year: data till August 2025
2025
Writ Petition (Criminal) (Suo-Motu)
2
value in absolute number
year: data till August 2025
2024
Letter-Petitions received in English, Hindi and other regional languages
The calendar year to which the Public Interest Litigation figures pertain.
category
String
5
150
The type of Public Interest Litigation filing, such as letter-petitions or civil and criminal writ petitions, including suo-motu matters.
value
Int64
118
149
The absolute number of Public Interest Litigation cases recorded for the given year and category.
unit
String
1
150
The unit of measurement for the reported figures, expressed as an absolute number.
note
String
2
5
A clarifying note about the data's coverage, such as the month through which the year's figures are current.
Citation
Ministry of Law and Justice. (2026). Year-wise Petitions and Writ Petitions (Civil and Criminal) Received/Filed under Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court of India [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/18143