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Olga Tellis vs Bombay Municipal Corporation, AIR 1986 SC 180: The narrow
concept of Cause of Action and person aggrieved and individual litigation is
becoming obsolescent in some jurisdiction.
Injury: The plaintiff must have suffered or imminently will suffer injury - an
invasion of a legally protected interest which is concrete and particularized.
The injury must be actual or imminent, distinct and palpable, not abstract.
This injury could be economic as well as non-economic.
Causation: There must be a causal connection between the injury and the
conduct complained of, so that the injury is fairly traceable to the challenged
action of the defendant and not the result of the independent action of some
third party who is not before the court.