<h1>Government Spends Rs 400 Crore on Litigation Over Decade; Draft Policy to Expedite Case Resolution Awaits Approval</h1> The government has expended over Rs 400 crore on court cases over the past decade, with Rs 66 crore spent in the 2023-24 fiscal year, marking an increase of over Rs 9 crore from the previous year. Since 2014-15, litigation costs have generally risen, except during the peak of the Covid pandemic. In 2014-15, the expenditure was Rs 26.64 crore, increasing to Rs 37.43 crore in 2015-16. To address this, the government is developing a national litigation policy aimed at expediting case resolutions, with a draft policy awaiting approval from the Union Cabinet.