Govt Litigant
Govt should be responsible, not compulsive litigant: SC judge Maheshwari
Supreme Court judge Justice Dinesh Maheshwari Saturday said the government should act as a responsible and not compulsive litigant. He also asked tribunals to ensure their decisions bring finality to justice delivery. The top court judge, who was speaking as chief guest at an event here to commemorate 40 years of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), said the executive should implement its litigation policy in a manner that it does not remain just a letter. He said clarity and finality in decision making by tribunals will reduce pendency of cases. Merely doing away with a few of low tax-effect matters will not be yielding the results which we are looking at. When we look at our litigation policy, we have to make those commitments there and particularly the mandates there that the government as a whole has to project itself and deal with the things as a responsible litigant rather than being a compulsive litigant, Justice Maheshwari said. Asserting that a cha
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