Get SharePoint List title using Web Service in Powershell

Steps Involved:

1. Open SharePoint 2010 Management Shell by going to Start | All Programs | SharePoint | Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products | SharePoint 2010 Management Shell (Run as Administrator).
2. Run the following script.

 
$listName="Custom List"
$uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx?wsdl"
$listWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential
[System.Xml.XmlNode]$node=$listWebServiceReference.GetList($listName)
write-host -ForegroundColor Green "List Title: " $node.Title

For more information on New-WebServiceProxy please refer http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd315258.aspx.