Over 13 years after the National Litigation Policy (NLP) was conceived to bring down the overwhelming number of cases involving either the Central government, State governments, or public sector undertakings (PSUs) that are clogging the judicial system, this policy remains in draft stage. Former Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana last year remarked that government litigation accounted for nearly 50% of all pending cases. However, the government does not maintain data on cases that involves it as a party, making it hard to gauge the exact figure.
As per the National Judicial Data Grid, 4,44,37,465 cases are pending before the District and Taluka Courts, 60,80,318 before the High Courts, and 80,568 before the Supreme Court, totalling a massive 5.05 crore cases.
Perennial problem
