Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
Notice (8): Undefined variable: urlPrefix [APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8]latest-news-updates/1765-lawmakers-have-criminal-cases-against-them-centre-tells-supreme-court-krishnadas-rajagopal-4684128.html"/> LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 1,765 lawmakers have criminal cases against them, Centre tells Supreme Court -Krishnadas Rajagopal | Im4change.org
Resource centre on India's rural distress
 
 

1,765 lawmakers have criminal cases against them, Centre tells Supreme Court -Krishnadas Rajagopal

-The Hindu

Says ?78 crore allocated for setting up special courts to try them in 11 States

The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that 1,765 members of Parliament and the Assemblies have criminal cases against them.

Of a total 3,816 cases against them, 3,045 are still pending.

Uttar Pradesh tops the list with 248 legislators, Tamil Nadu comes second with 178 and then Bihar follows with 144.

Exclusive courts

The affidavit by the Centre is its first response after the Supreme Court Bench led by Justice Ranjan Gogoi, in November 2017, directed the setting up of special courts to try legislators exclusively within a year.

The Centre has undertaken to set up 12 such courts.

The affidavit said that of the ?78 crore allocated for setting up the courts in 11 States, ?65.04 lakh was released in 2017.

The balance will be released during 2018-19. Tamil Nadu has been allotted ?65 lakh for a year.

Please click here to read more.