New Delhi: The delayed criminal case against sitting and former MPE members and MLA recorded a leap of 17% in less than two years, proving Nexus Politics with crimes, the Supreme Court’s disorder struggled to curb despite trying five years of trials who had long been delayed by money and Chosen representative muscle strength.
On the night of the SC bench led by the Chairman of the NV Ramana judge continued hearing after nine months in the Pil submitted by Ashwini Upadhyay, looking for a quick trial in cases of MPE members and MLA by establishing a special court, Amicus Curiae and Senior Advocate Vijay Hansaria handed over Report painted a gloomy picture of the status of trials against selected representatives.
In the report delivered with the help of Advocates Sneha Kalita on Monday, Hansaria said the number of criminal cases delayed against sitting and former MPs and MLA in December 2018 was 4,122.
This has increased to 4,859 in September 2020, registering a 17% surge in less than two years, he said in a 54-page report.
Central Institutions, including CBI, were repeatedly requested by SC through his order last year, on September 16, October 6 and November 4, to submit status reports on pending cases investigated by these institutions.
Hansaria said even though there was a recurring direction, the center had submitted a report like that.
Hansaria also said SC has repeatedly asked the trade union government about the center-funded video conference facilities in a special court, which was established to be exclusively trying criminal cases against the current and previously selected representatives, but had not described his decision on.
problem.
Amicus Curiae highlighted the trend of state governments who tried to attract cases of party and MLA parliamentarians, even those who ordered for serious violations.
He said the government had tried to draw 76 cases against selected representatives, including cases of Muzaffarnagar riots against Sangeet Som, Kapil Dev, Suresh Rana and Sadhvi Prachi.
Hansaria cited reports published on December 17 last year while traveling by the Maharashtra government to withdraw political cases against activists submitted before January 1, 2020.