Delhi High Court Orders Expeditious Disposal Of Criminal Cases Against MPs, MLAs
NDTV
As of November, there were about 100 odd cases of former MPs and MLAs pending in the high court.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday ordered expeditious disposal of around 200 pending criminal cases against former and serving lawmakers, especially those where there is a stay on trial for over six months.
A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan, which was hearing a case it had initiated on its own (suo motu) about disposal of criminal cases against Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs), directed that a monthly report be supplied to it in relation to the pendency and progress of these cases, along with reasons for delay, while ensuring that sufficient infrastructure and technological facilities are provided to the lower courts designated to deal with them.
The counsel for the high court and the amicus curiae appointed to assist the court in the matter said as of November, there were about 100 odd cases of former MPs and MLAs pending in the high court, and the number of such cases in the designated courts of sessions judge and additional chief metropolitan magistrate stood at 64 and 49, respectively.
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