In imitation of the National Litigation Policy, the State Litigation Policy was evolved in 2011. The purpose was to see to it that good cases were won by the Government in a court of law and bad cases were not pursued. Actually, every year court cases against the Government go on increasing and the exercise diverts the attention of the Government from more urgent and meaningful governance. The State has an array of Law Officers and some departments have legal advisers as well. They are responsible for managing court cases brought against the Government. But despite the stipulations of State Litigation Policy, there is no evaluation mechanism of the performance of the Law Officers in reducing the number of cases filed against the Government. The new Government has decided to go in for 3-monthly review of the performance of the Law Officers and thereby ensure that the Government is not drawn into unnecessary litigation. The Law Officers must make full effort of producing all material facts supported by relevant documents with full transparency before the court. The Government need not become compulsive litigant.
Government’s policy of calling the role of the Law Officers for review and evaluation is a welcome step. It will prevent unnecessary litigation against the Government and reduce the workload on the courts. The time saved can be diverted to addressing other urgent and unavoidable cases of general interest. The society expects the Law Officers to perform their duty with utmost dedication, sincerity and efficiency. The Government has already taken into consideration that each department of the State should have internal legal structure as a preventive methodology of bringing cases against the Government before the court of law.
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