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Periscope: Panel to review litigation policy

PM Modi had broached the problem of excessive government litigation

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Parliament’s consultative committee attached to the law ministry will meet on Thursday to review the National Litigation Policy. Government litigation reportedly constitutes nearly half the total. However, there are no government sources to confirm the actual amount. The absence of this statistic is itself an indicator of how “interested” various governments have been in attempting to understand this problem or tackling it meaningfully.
 
On the occasion of the Delhi High Court’s golden jubilee in October 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had broached the problem of excessive government litigation. The Supreme Court, since the 1970s, has berated successive governments for