Correct Option: C

P.N. Bhagwati was the chief justice of India when public interest Litigation (PIL) was introduced the Indian judicial system. The concept of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is in consonance with the principles enshrined in Article 39 A of the Constitution of India to protect and deliver prompt social justice. with the help of law. Before the 1980s, only the aggrieved party could approach the courts for justice. After the emergency era the high court reached out to the people, devising means for any person of the public (or an NGO) to approach the court seeking legal remedy in cases where the public interest is at stake. Justice P.N. Bhagwati and Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer were among the first judges to admit PILs in court.