How Litigation Funding Benefits Different Stakeholders

Courtrooms may not appear on balance sheets, but in India they are quietly becoming one of the most expensive line items in corporate life. If there was ever proof that litigation has stopped being an occasional corporate headache and become a core cost of doing business, the latest fiscal numbers make it unmistakably clear. In FY25, India's top 500 companies collectively spent over ₹62,000 crore on legal matters, an increase of more than 11 percent from the previous year. This spend goes far beyond counsel fees, covering litigation and arbitration costs, professional and expert fees, regulatory filings, compliance submissions, penalties, stamp duties, and procedural charges. The scale of capital trapped in disputes is equally telling. Litigation expenses in India were estimated to exceed ₹30,000 crore as early as 2019, while outstanding claims against a single authority such as the National Highways Authority of India have crossed ₹78,000 crore. For many businesses,