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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicCriminal MPs MLAs

Topic: Criminal MPs MLAs

Criminal cases against MPs, MLAs have increased in trial courts — amicus curiae to SC

Bhadra Sinha -
Senior advocate Vijay Hansaria's report says in December 2018, these cases numbered 4,122, but have increased to 4,859.

Govt ready to fund special courts project for speedy criminal trials of MPs and MLAs

Bhadra Sinha -
The central govt welcomed suggestion to fix a time-frame to conclude trial of criminal cases against sitting and former lawmakers.

Indians vote on caste, religion because they lack information on MP, MLA performance: Study

Prerna Kundu -
In a randomised evaluation in UP, researchers asked voters to discuss development issues and told them about how MLAs spent their funds. Here’s what happened.

SC on criminal candidates: Should it be questioning political parties on their selection?

ThePrint Team -
The Supreme Court has ordered political parties to declare details of criminal cases pending against election candidates within 48 hours of their selection.

Indian politicians get favourable outcome in courts when party is in power, data shows

Rubén Poblete-Cazenave -
Politicians aligned with the ruling party are able to favourably manipulate legal outcomes only if they are more likely to use political threats.

No bar on criminal MPs, MLAs: Missed chance for SC or right to leave it to Parliament?

ThePrint Team -
Throwing the ball in Parliament's court, the Supreme Court Tuesday said that amendments to law barring MPs and MLAs with criminal charges from contesting...

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Opinion

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

Stela Dey -
The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

9.2% jump in arms transfer shows this is era of war—SIPRI reveals the temper we live in

Trump either ends Iran conflict quickly, or sky-high energy costs will force him to do so

Economy

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

Chitleen K Sethi -
At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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