Once upon a time, only the aggrieved party had the locus standi (standing required in law) so that he could personally knock the doors of justice and seek remedy for his grievance and the non-affected persons had no locus standi, could not do so. Ultimately, there was hardly any link between the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and the laws made by the legislature on the one hand and the vast majority of people specially illiterate classes, on the other. This scenario gradually changed by the modern interpretation of the judiciary that tackled the problem of 'access to justice' by people...
Once upon a time, only the aggrieved party had the locus standi (standing required in law) so that he could personally knock the doors of justice and ...