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For `700/m, govt spending `7L: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday said at least 40 per cent litigations pursued by the Central and state governments are frivolous.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said at least 40 per cent litigations pursued by the Central and state governments are frivolous.
A bench headed by Justice B R Gavai observed that two young women had appeared for the Union of India in two different matters, and the court told both that if these matters were to be argued by an additional solicitor general (ASG), “we would have dismissed it with a cost of Rs 10 lakh…”
The bench observed that it did not want to impose in the matters where young counsel appeared for the government.
Justice Gavai said, “For a matter which involves Rs 700 per month, the state or Union must have spent Rs 7 lakh and that too from the public exchequer…”
The bench, also comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sanjay Karol, made these observations when a counsel sought to mention a matter. The bench said the government should try to weed out such unnecessary litigation and further observed that poor employees are getting Rs 50,000 or Rs 60,000 additionally.
After court’s observations, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was present in court to argue a matter involving a batch of petitions challenging the extension given to the ED director, resumed his submissions.
