A 3-judge special bench, led by CJI Sanjiv Khanna, issued the direction, supplementing SC’s 2021 judgment that mooted idea of ad-hoc judges under Article 224A of the Constitution.
Despite facing 38 cases, Brij Bhushan is yet to see conviction in even one of them. His aides face charges of links with land mafia & illegal possession of property.
Acting on SC's orders in 2018, such courts were set up across India. And while UP has MP/MLA courts in almost all districts, 1,377 cases are pending in these as of November 2022.
UP tops list with 1,339 cases still pending for final disposal. Bihar is second. Amicus curiae Vijay Hansaria says Centre didn’t provide suggestions over the monitoring panel.
The man said he was convicted in a fraud and blackmailing case and was sentenced to nine years imprisonment. He was deported to India in July this year after serving the sentence.
The apex court said that politics parties publishing details of criminal background of their candidates in public will make the voter's 'right of information' more effective.
The court said to hold a lawmaker as disqualified even before he/she is convicted would 'grossly violate' his/her substantive right to be treated as innocent until proven guilty.
Supreme Court says it is shocked by the report which shows that UP and Bihar top the list with 1,748 prosecutions still pending. Many cases have not even reached the trial stage.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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