Gujarat govt spends Rs 17.87 crore on lawyers in Supreme Court in two years

Gujarat govt spends Rs 17.87 crore on lawyers in Supreme Court in two years

Gandhinagar: As on December 2016, Gujarat government paid Rs 17.87 crore as fees to lawyers who represented the state government in the Supreme Court.

This detail was shared by state law minister Pradipsinh Jadeja in reply to Congress MLA and whip Balwantsinh Rajput in the assembly.

Rajput said, there are 22.42 lakh pending cases in Gujarat as on May-2016. The state was on third rank in terms of pending cases.

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