Ex ASG Bishwajit Bhattacharyya pens memoirs Says Central Agencys handling governments litigation shockingly callous

its a fantastic book. Reformist in nature and also Emotional and touching at parts. straight from the heart.

I think what Mr. Bhattacharya has written about is a part of the system on which no one has dared to come out and speak on. My experience in the High Court in one of the State panels is similar. The State authorities are neither equipped and in many cases not inclined to defend/prosecute matters with zeal and interest. Perhaps the Courts could understand this unseen/unspoken issue in litigation involving the State. I believe there are many cases, which are lost by the State authorities not because the private party had a better case but because of negligence/laches, sometimes intentional. It is important to remember that theoretically, State interest is public interest and when the State fails in a litigation, public interest suffers. Perhaps this fact may be brought to the notice of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in an appropriate case since this issue has an important bearing on pendency of litigation in the constitutional courts as well as on resources of the State.