SC Urges Young Lawyers to Concentrate on Their Profession Instead of Filing Baseless PILs Just to Gain Publicity

On Monday, the Supreme Court of India advised all young lawyers to be more focused in their profession presently, instead of filing public interest litigations (PILs) just for the purpose of grabbing media attention. The court has recommended that today’s youngsters should shift their focus towards working in offices to learn law and drafting.

The writ petition was filed seeking directions to avoid deaths/incidents caused by reported “civic negligence” like failure to maintain public infrastructure. The final judgement was delivered by the bench comprising the Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, and Justice Joymalya Bagchi.

During the hearing of the case, the petitioner highlighted the careless behaviour of the government authorities and flagged how the government is not even maintaining the basic civic infrastructure of the country, which is leading to incidents and deaths. Further, attention was drawn to serious accidents that took place recently due to unsafe public conditions, like large open holes on roads. Citing the same, the petitioner also pointed out a case where a huge truck got stuck in an open pit on the road and suffered a lot to come out of it.

The justice asked the petitioner why she did not file any complaint against the tax authorities concerning the same issue, and instead filed a PIL before the Apex Court. In response to this question, the petitioner answered that the issue is not minor and has become a “national issue”. The careless behaviour of tax authorities is piling up day by day, and the matter is not just limited to a single incident. The issue raised in the present PIL has, till now, led to numerous accidents nationwide.

Thereafter, the Supreme Court asked the second question: How long has she been working in legal practice? In answer to the question, she said four years. Considering the same, the court advised young members of the BAR to presently work on improving their profession and spend time in learning concepts of law under seniors rather than filing petitions in court to gain media fame.

The court ruled, “So you better concentrate on the profession, this coming in National Media, that should be stopped for those who want to be serious in the profession, and I am very conservative and very strong in these things. Instead of working in offices and learning law, you are drafting baseless petitions, only because you will come on social media.”

In conclusion, the court found the present writ petition vague and evasive and hence dismissed the same, finding no reason to entertain the PIL.

Diary No. – 10966/2026