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NEW DELHI: The law ministry is setting up integrated legal divisions , on the pattern of integrated finance divisions, which will see law ministry officials posted in different central ministries/departments to provide legal advice and assistance for legislative drafting.

The idea behind the initiative is to ensure faster movement of files which at present gets delayed by months since they require legal opinion from the law ministry on any policy or litigation issue.

“The ILD (integrated legal divisions) proposal is being firmed up for obtaining the approval of the competent authority. It is likely to take few months for ILDs to become operational,” minister of state for law P P Chaudhary said last week.

The law ministry has already set up a centralised legal information management and briefing system and uploaded 3.12 lakh case files of different ministries and departments for ensuring faster disposal of cases.

