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Special Courts For Speedy Trials

New Delhi: SC has suggested a State-specific approach (and not a “one-size-fits-all” approach) to setting up special courts for the speedy trial of legislators. Criminal cases against legislators are 5097, with 400 of them concerning heinous offences. Around a third of the criminal cases against elected representatives in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies have […]

New Delhi: SC has suggested a State-specific approach (and not a “one-size-fits-all” approach) to setting up special courts for the speedy trial of legislators.

Criminal cases against legislators are 5097, with 400 of them concerning heinous offences.
Around a third of the criminal cases against elected representatives in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies have been pending for at least five years.

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30% of criminal cases against MPs, and MLAs pending trial

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In 2017, the Supreme Court ordered that special courts be set up across the country to fast-track the long-pending trials of lawmakers. Following this, 12 special courts were set up across 11 States exclusively to try sitting MPs and MLAs.

The court is also considering a plea for a lifetime ban on people convicted of offences from contesting elections and becoming Members of Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies. However, the government had opposed it in 2020.

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Currently, legislators face disqualification under the Representation of the People Act of 1951 for the period of the prison sentence and six years thereafter.

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