 bill  no  xiv of  2008 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2008 a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe  it enacted by parliament in the fifty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) the act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2008short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force, at once2 in article 145 of the constitution, in clause (1), after sub-clause (b), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:—"(bb) rules as to procedure for admitting and hearing public interest litigations before the court as also high courts"; statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe supreme court of india and the high courts in the country have been entertaining public interest litigations (pil) for about last 20 years however, there is no specific provision in the constitution for the purposea number of casual and unscrupulous litigants have taken advantage of the situation and, the apex court itself has come heavily on such litigants nevertheless, although the recent approach of the court have deterred a few prospective applicants, yet, number of applications are still mountingpractice of the courts to admit letters and news-items as public interest litigations has also led to the increase in their numberthe supreme court, has also issued some guidelines which say that no petition involving individual/personal matters shall be entertained as a pil the court has, however, made certain exceptions in case of bonded labourers, neglected children, exploitation of workers, petitions from jail, petitions against police officers refusing to register cases, petitions regarding atrocities against women, environment and pollution matters, etchowever to regulate the machinery of public interest litigations and further, to avoid making the instrument of pil as a hindrance in the functioning of executive and legislature as per the provisions of the constitution, the apex court has to frame the rules under article 145 rather than issuing a few guidelines to regulate such a serious area of litigation besides, since such rules require the approval of the president, the government will be in a position to put necessary inputs in the framing of such ruleshence the billshantaram laxman naik annexure extract  from  the  constitution  of  india     145 rules of court, etc—(1) subject to the provisions of any law made by parliament, the supreme court may from time to time, with the approval of the president, make rules for regulating generally the practice and procedure of the court including—(a) rules as to the persons practising before the court; (b) rules as to the procedure for hearing appeals and other matters pertaining to appeals including the time within which appeals to the court are to be entered;     ———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri shantaram laxman naik, mp)gmgipmrnd—658rs—13022009