The Parliamentary Committee report reveals that 27% of the Centre’s litigation comes from the Finance Ministry while 12 out of 25 High Court ASG posts remain vacant. The panel also highlighted funding shortages, rising litigation costs, and staff vacancies in key legal institutions.
Supreme Court Justice BV Nagarathna said judges use court vacations to write judgments and work late into the night due to heavy case workload. She also stated that the government is the biggest litigator and a major reason behind judicial backlog in India.
