Kochi: As part of judicial reforms, the
Centre has proposed to formulate a new litigation policy to
avoid filing of unnecessary cases, Union Law and Justice
Minsiter M Veerappa Moily said on Sunday.
"It is a known fact that the government is one of the
biggest ligitants... The Centre is proposing introduction of a
litigation policy and the government is to be transformed from
a compulsive litigant into a responsible and reluctant
litigant," he said at a function here.
The government wanted to ensure that it should go in
litigation only where it was necessary.
Observing that not many cases were pending before the
apex courts of London and South Africa, Moily said he wanted
to ensure that the government shed its tag of being the
biggest litigant within next three years. "Government should
become the thinnest litigant and we are working towards it."
The Centre was collecting data from its departments and
state governments regarding cases pending in courts and
tribunals, he said. "We will analyse these cases and take
necessary corrective steps."
He was speaking at the valedictory function of a legal
workshop for Central Government counsels, HoDs and Officers
in-charge of Central government cases within the jurisdiction
of Kerala High court.
Bureau Report
First Published: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 19:14