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- Concept - Conservative rule of locus standi - Object - PIL gives way to substantive concern for deprivation of rights - Attention of courts is drawn to illegality either by any overt action or by any inaction on part of state - Rule of locus standi cannot be strictly applied. Pugalenthi,P. Vs. High Court of Judicature at Madras, rep. by the Registrar General, High Court of Madras, Chennai (DB) - 2017 (6) CTC 465 - Indira Banerjee, C.J.,