State needs to be a reluctant litigant, says AG

A state government is the biggest litigant but it has not yet imbibed the principle of being a "reluctant litigant", according to Maharashtra Advocate General Ravi Kadam.

A state government is the biggest litigant but it has not yet imbibed the principle of being a "reluctant litigant", according to Maharashtra Advocate General Ravi Kadam.

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"A committee has been formed to look into the issue (of governmental litigation)," Kadam said on Saturday, adding that the government is a party in more than half the cases before the courts.