He served as the Minister of Justice in the Government of Serbia from 2001 until 2004.

He graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School, where he eventually obtained doctorate.

In 2001, Batić announced that warrants would be issued for the arrests of persons removed from power during the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in October 2000 and who were suspected of misconduct through abuse of power.

It was this campaign which eventually led to the surrender of Slobodan Milošević to police as an alternative to forced arrest,[citation needed] and the first step to his extradition to the ICTY.

Batić reappeared in international news media spotlight when he testified before a Nicosia court that billions of dollars belonging to the Serbia had been smuggled out of the country by the ousted Milošević administration during the UN sanctions on the country, by use of offshore corporations in Cyprus registered by the former law office of the Greek Cypriot leader, Tassos Papadopoulos.