Locus standi - Indian Laws - General

Locus standi The term locus standi is a Latin term, the general meaning of which is place of standing . Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 10th Edn., at p. 834, defines the term locus standi As the right or capacity to bring an action or to appear in a court. The traditional view of locus standi has been that the person who is aggrieved or affected has the standing before the Court that is to say he only has a right to move the Court for seeking justice. AMANULLAH AND ANR. VERSUS STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS. - 2016 (4) TMI 1474 - SUPREME COURT As per Merriam-Webster Dictionary- A right to appear in a court or before any body on a given question : a right to be heard In Black s Law Dictionary , the meaning assigned to the term locus standi is The right to bring an action or to be heard in a given forum . In Law Lexicon of Sri P.Ramanatha Aiyar,- A right of appearance in a Court of justice . The traditional view of locus standi has been that the person who is aggrieved or affected has the standing before the court, that is to say, he only has a right to move the court for seeking justice. The orthodox rule of interpretation regarding the locus standi of a person to reach the Court has undergone a sea change with the development of constitutional law in India and the Constitutional Courts have been adopting a liberal approach in dealing with the cases or dislodging the claim of a litigant merely on hyper-technical grounds. It is now well-settled that if the person is found to be not merely a stranger to the case, he cannot be non-suited on the ground of his not having locus standi. RATANLAL VERSUS PRAHLAD JAT ORS.- 2017 (9) TMI 1983 - SUPREME COURT