New Delhi: Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Wednesday launched the National Litigation Policy to reduce pendency and delay in cases in which the Centre is a party. The National Litigation Policy aims at reducing government
litigation in courts so that the valuable court time is spent on resolving other
pending cases so as to achieve the goal in national legal mission. The new policy
is expected to reduce average pendency time from 15 years to 3 years. The policy
focuses on core issues like litigation, managing and conducting litigation in
a cohesive manner. The policy also ensures that bad cases are not needlessly pursued
while good cases are won. It ensures that competent and sensitive legal persons
represent cases.
