Lok Sabha Question No. 252 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-21
Subject: Government Litigations in Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS

## Lok Sabha

## Unstarred Question No. 252

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 21 st  July 2023

## Government Litigations in Courts

## 252. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH :

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) the total percentage of cases that involve the Government as a party;
- (b) the expenditure on all of these cases, categories by year and type;
- (c) the nature of these cases and the courts where they are concentrated and the specific Government department involved therein, year-wise;
- (d) the number of service matters that were appealed in courts which did not involve a matter of constitutional ambiguity;
- (e) status on the National Litigation Policy; and
- (f) whether the Government intends to re-draft/update it and if so, the
- details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDANT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE; MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENT AFFAIRS; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

- (a) to (d):The requisite data is not maintained by the Government in the form and manner sought regarding pendency of cases Ministry/Department wise. However,  the  information  as  compiled  on  LIMBS  Portal  isat  Annexure-A. Further,  the  information  regarding  expenditure  on  litigation  has  been compiled and is atAnnexure -B.
- (e) and (f):The National Litigation Policy is yet to be finalised.

|   S. No. | Ministry/Department                           |   Total Pending Cases |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|        1 | Agriculture and Farmers Welfare               |                  3665 |
|        2 | Ayush                                         |                   870 |
|        3 | Chemicals and Fertilizers                     |                   770 |
|        4 | Civil Aviation                                |                   465 |
|        5 | Coal                                          |                  4031 |
|        6 | Commerce and Industry                         |                  4434 |
|        7 | Communication Telecommunication (Dopt)        |                  5602 |
|        8 | Communication (Dop)                           |                 20701 |
|        9 | Comptroller and Auditor General of India      |                 24812 |
|       10 | Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution |                   968 |
|       11 | Corporate Affairs                             |                 10426 |
|       12 | Culture                                       |                  2406 |
|       13 | Defence                                       |                 87543 |
|       14 | Department of Atomic Energy                   |                   926 |
|       15 | Department Space                              |                   426 |
|       16 | Development of North Eastern Region           |                    27 |
|       17 | Earth Sciences                                |                   316 |
|       18 | Education(MoE)                                |                 17214 |
|       19 | Electronics and Information Technology        |                   958 |
|       20 | Environment Forest and Climate Change         |                  2729 |
|       21 | External Affairs                              |                  1431 |
|       22 | Finance                                       |                179464 |
|       23 | Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying      |                   410 |
|       24 | Food Procesing Industries                     |                    61 |
|       25 | Health and Family Welfare                     |                  8003 |
|       26 | Heavy Industries                              |                   365 |
|       27 | Home Affairs                                  |                 23012 |
|       28 | Housing and Urban Affairs                     |                  3513 |
|       29 | Information and Broadcasting                  |                  2474 |

## Annexure-A

| 30.   | Jal Shakti (Dept of Water Resources)       |   1285 |
|-------|--------------------------------------------|--------|
| 31.   | Jal Shakti (Drinking Water and Sanitation) |     42 |
| 32.   | Labour and Employment                      |  80117 |
| 33.   | Law and Justice                            |    715 |
| 34    | Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises        |    937 |
| 35.   | Mines                                      |   1775 |
| 36.   | Minority Affairs                           |    238 |
| 37.   | New and Renewable Energy                   |    107 |
| 38.   | Panchayati Raj                             |     14 |
| 39.   | Parliamentary Affairs                      |      5 |
| 40.   | Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions  |   3778 |
| 41.   | Petroleum and Natural Gas                  |    124 |
| 42.   | Ports Shipping and Waterways               |   4848 |
| 43.   | Power                                      |    783 |
| 44.   | Railways                                   | 110245 |
| 45.   | Road Transport and Highways                |  14628 |
| 46.   | Rural Development                          |    914 |
| 47.   | Science and Technology                     |    851 |
| 48.   | Skill Development and Entrepreneurship     |    757 |
| 49.   | Social Justice and Empowerment             |   1413 |
| 50.   | Statistics and Programme Implementation    |    352 |
| 51.   | Steel                                      |    857 |
| 52.   | Textile                                    |   1223 |
| 53.   | Tourism                                    |    412 |
| 54.   | Tribal Affairs                             |    350 |
| 55.   | Women and Child Development                |    722 |
| 56.   | Youth Affairs and Sports                   |    662 |
| Total | Total                                      | 636605 |

|   S. No. | Financial Year   | Expenditure incurred (Rs.)   |
|----------|------------------|------------------------------|
|        1 | 2018-19          | 50,85,65,984/-               |
|        2 | 2019-20          | 60,40,71,128/-               |
|        3 | 2020-21          | 58,01,97,187/-               |
|        4 | 2021-22          | 48,37,38,253/-               |
|        5 | 2022-23          | 54,35,49,015/-               |

Annexure- B