"Suo Motu" is a the term given to the action taken by an authority on its own will. The Judiciary usually takes action once a case or cause is brought before it by a party. For example I file a case against a hospital that they did not admit a case of accident due to which the patient died.
But if suppose the court comes to know about a news report where a hospital is exposed for its illegitimate practice of not admitting emergency patients then the court may take action on its own and call for the management of the hospital to answers as to why they are doing so.
The court usually takes suo motu action in case of gross negligence on part of public authorities and government. Or in case where it thinks that it is necessary to do so.
Suo motu, meaning "on its own motion," is a Latin legal term, approximately equivalent to the term sua sponte. For example, it is used where a government agency specially courts acts on its own cognizance, as in "the Commission took suo motu control over the matter."
It is a special power of High Courts and the Supreme court of India to initiate a hearing by itself without anybody filing any appeal or writ petition or PIL. When court feels that a matter requires serious and immediate legal intervention, it acts Suo Motu.
You can hear case titled as "Court on its own motion vs State (Delhi administration)".
One fine example: Suo Moto contempt proceedings were initiated against Arundhati Roy as she published an article entitled "The Greater Common Good" in Outlook Magazine and the comments made by her were, prima facie, a misrepresentation of the proceedings of the court.
But if suppose the court comes to know about a news report where a hospital is exposed for its illegitimate practice of not admitting emergency patients then the court may take action on its own and call for the management of the hospital to answers as to why they are doing so.
The court usually takes suo motu action in case of gross negligence on part of public authorities and government. Or in case where it thinks that it is necessary to do so.
Suo motu, meaning "on its own motion," is a Latin legal term, approximately equivalent to the term sua sponte. For example, it is used where a government agency specially courts acts on its own cognizance, as in "the Commission took suo motu control over the matter."
It is a special power of High Courts and the Supreme court of India to initiate a hearing by itself without anybody filing any appeal or writ petition or PIL. When court feels that a matter requires serious and immediate legal intervention, it acts Suo Motu.
You can hear case titled as "Court on its own motion vs State (Delhi administration)".
One fine example: Suo Moto contempt proceedings were initiated against Arundhati Roy as she published an article entitled "The Greater Common Good" in Outlook Magazine and the comments made by her were, prima facie, a misrepresentation of the proceedings of the court.