The government has spent more than Rs 400 crore to contest court cases during the past 10 years, official data showed.<\/p>\n
The central government’s Rs 66 crore expenditure on litigations in the 2023-24 financial year was over Rs 9 crore higher than the previous fiscal.<\/p>\n
The amount incurred on litigations has gone up since 2014-15, barring two fiscals when the COVID pandemic was at its peak, according to data shared by the government with the Lok Sabha in response to a question in the ongoing Budget session.<\/p>\n
In 2014-15, the cost incurred on litigations stood at Rs 26.64 crore while the expenditure for 2015-16 was Rs 37.43 crore.<\/p>\n
Between the 2014-15 and the 2023-24 financial years, the government spent more than Rs 409 crore on litigations.<\/p>\n
Separately, the law ministry had earlier this month told the Rajya Sabha that the central government is a party in nearly seven lakh cases pending across courts, with the Finance Ministry alone being one of the litigants in nearly two lakh cases.<\/p>\n
Citing data available on Legal Information Management & Briefing System (LIMBS), Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said, “There are about seven lakh cases pending where the Government of India is a party. Out of these, in about 1.9 lakh cases the Ministry of Finance is mentioned as a party.” The government is working on a national litigation policy that seeks to expedite the resolution of pending cases. A draft of the proposed policy will go before the Union Cabinet for a final call.<\/p>\n
The policy has been drafted and redrafted for several years, with successive governments deliberating on its contours<\/p>\n
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