{"id":21543,"date":"2026-04-07T11:26:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/?p=21543"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:29:16","slug":"the-unruly-litigant-in-robes-government-as-indias-largest-litigation-generator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/the-unruly-litigant-in-robes-government-as-indias-largest-litigation-generator\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unruly Litigant In Robes: Government As India’s Largest Litigation Generator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/span>The Government Of India And Judicial Pendency<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Government of India \u2014 at the Centre and across States \u2014 is the single largest contributor to judicial pendency, accounting for nearly half of all cases pending before Indian courts. Despite repeated Supreme Court mandates directing governments to function as “model litigants,” the executive continues to file frivolous appeals, pursue hyper-technical defences, and exploit public resources to sustain litigation that ought never to have been filed.<\/p>

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