Locus standi - Clandestine felling and smuggling of timber from Forests- Any citizen can filed writ petition.
In attempting to alert the State of large-scale clandestine operations within the forests, the petitioner was performing a laudable public duty; no technicalities should stand in the way of his approach to this Court seeking implementation, at least, in some small measure, of the promises which from the basis of Arts. 48A and 51A of the Constitution of India. [ V.M.Abraham vs State of Kerala. 1987(I) KLT SN. 79.Page 57. V.Sivaraman Nair & M.M.Pareed Pillay {JJ}]