Govt shuns plan to bring national litigation policy; issues directives to ministries on ways to cut down court cases

NEW DELHI, Sept 28: The Government has shunned the idea of bringing a national litigation policy that was in the works for years, and instead issued directives to Union ministries, departments and PSUs on ways to cut down on court cases. Seeking to shed the tag of being the biggest litigant, the Union Government has been working on a comprehensive policy to cut down on cases where it, its departments or PSUs are a party. But after a lot of thinking, the Union law ministry has finally junked plans to bring out a national litigation policy as the thought prevailed that the Government cannot have a policy on curbing litigations as it can’t stop people at large from filing cases. “The term policy cannot be used if it is applicable only on the Government, its ministries and departments a