Ravi Shankar Prasad said officials should identify frivolous and vexatious matters and separate them with merit and take quick steps to either withdraw or dispose of them speedily. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/MintNew Delhi: As the government is a party to nearly 46% of the 3.14 crore cases pending in courts, it is the time the ministries shed the tag of being a “compulsive litigant”, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said. The law minister has also addressed a similar letter to the chief ministers of all states. Several states have already adopted their separate litigation policies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in October last termed the government as the “biggest litigant” and had pushed for a need to lessen the load on the judiciary which spends its maximum time in tackling cases where the government is a party.

Source: Mint March 19, 2017 10:52 UTC