New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- The Government spent more than Rs 66 crore in financial year 2023-24 on contesting cases, which was over Rs 9 crore more as compared to the previous fiscal, a written reply in the Lok Sabha said on Friday.
Since 2014-15, the amount incurred by the Government has gone up, barring two fiscals when the Covid-19 pandemic was at its peak, it said.
In 2014-15, the cost incurred on litigation stood at Rs 26.64 crore, whereas in 2015-16, it was Rs 37.43 crore, Union Law Minister
Arjun Ram Meghwal told the Lok Sabha in the written reply.
Responding to a separate question, Meghwal said that the total number of cases pending for more than 10 years in the
Supreme Court stood at 7,178 as on February 2 this year, out of which 5,990 are civil in nature and 1,188 criminal cases.
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