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12 courts set up to try MPs and MLAs, Centre informs Supreme Court
Why is it in news?
- The apex court had taken note of the long silence from the States and UTs about their respective legal battles against criminality and corruption in politics.
- The Centre informed the court that so far a dozen such courts had been created in 11 States.
- The order has called on States/UTs to furnish data to determine the number of special courts to be set up across the country to exclusively try accused legislators.
- The States/UTs which have not complied with the September 12 order are Goa, Himachal Pradesh Meghalaya, Mizoram, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu and Lakshadweep.
- The apex court had on December 14 last year ordered these courts to be established to fast track the long-pending trials against MPs and MLAs in a bid to weed out corruption and criminality in politics.
Courts
- So far, the Centre informed the court that a dozen such courts have been created in 11 other States.
- The Bench further asked s to examine the status reports and affidavits so far filed by the various States, UTs and High Courts about the pending cases which have to be tried by the special courts in each of them.
Monitor progress
- Taking serious note of the lack of enthusiasm on the part of the States, the Supreme Court had said it would monitor the compliance of its orders to form the special courts.
- Of the 12 Special Courts already established, six are sessions courts and five are magisterial courts.
- The case has been listed for hearing in the first week of November.
Source
The Hindu