326 MPs, 14 CMs, over 4,000 cases: Report lays bare criminalisation of politics before SC

A
epo t
submitted
i
SC
has
flagged
4,192
c imi al
cases
agai st
MPs
a d
MLAs,
i cludi g
cases
i volvi g
326
sitti g
MPs
a d
14
chief
mi iste s.

NEW
DELHI:
A
f esh
status
epo t
submitted
to
the
Sup eme
Cou t
has
highlighted
c imi al
cases
agai st
elected
ep ese tatives,
with
326
sitti g
MPs
a d
chief
mi iste s
of
14
states
havi g
decla ed
cases
agai st
them.The
epo t,
filed
by
se io
advocate
Vijay
Ha sa ia,
the
amicus
cu iae
assisti g
the
cou t
i
a
PIL
seeki g
speedy
disposal
of
c imi al
cases
agai st
MPs
a d
MLAs,
said
251
of
the
543
Lok
Sabha
membe s
a d
75
of
the
233
Rajya
Sabha
membe s
have
c imi al
cases
pe di g
agai st
them.The
figu es
a e
based
o
data
f om
the
Associatio
fo
Democ atic
Refo ms.
Amo g
Lok
Sabha
MPs
faci g
cases,
170
have
decla ed
se ious
c imi al
cases
ca yi g
a
possible
se te ce
of
five
yea s
o
mo e.
I
the
Rajya
Sabha,
40
of
the
75
MPs
faci g
cases
have
se ious
cha ges.The
epo t
also
puts
the
umbe
of
c imi al
cases
pe di g
agai st
cu e t
a d
fo me
MPs
a d
MLAs
at
4,192.
Ha sa ia
oted
that
despite
the
Sup eme
Cou t
a d
high
cou ts
mo ito i g
these
matte s
fo
faste
t ials,
the
ove all
pe de cy
has
emai ed
la gely
u cha ged
si ce
2018.Data
compiled
f om
va ious
high
cou ts
showed
that
1,243
cases
we e
disposed
of
i
2025,
while
1,050
ew
cases
we e
egiste ed
du i g
the
same
yea .

14
chief
mi iste s
have
c imi al
cases

The
affidavit
said
14
of
the
cou t y’s
28
chief
mi iste s
have
decla ed
c imi al
cases,
i cludi g
se ious
offe ces.Tela ga a
CM
Reva th
Reddy
has
the
highest
umbe
amo g
the
chief
mi iste s
listed,
with
89
cases,
followed
by
West
Be gal
CM
Suve du
Adhika i
with
29
a d
Ka ataka
CM
D
K
Shivakuma
with
19.

Ke ala
MPs
top
state-wise
list

The
state-wise
a alysis
showed
pa ticula ly
high
p opo tio s
of
MPs
with
decla ed
c imi al
cases
i
seve al
states.Ke ala
topped
the
list,
with
19
of
its
20
MPs
faci g
c imi al
cha ges,
i cludi g
11
with
se ious
cases.
Tela ga a
followed,
with
14
of
17
MPs
faci g
c imi al
cha ges.I
Odisha,
16
of
21
MPs,
o
76%,
have
c imi al
cases,
while
Jha kha d
has
10
of
its
14
MPs
faci g
cha ges.
Tamil
Nadu
eco ded
26
of
its
39
MPs
with
c imi al
cases.A ou d
half
of
the
MPs
f om
seve al
othe
majo
states,
i cludi g
Utta
P adesh,
Maha asht a,
West
Be gal,
Biha ,
Ka ataka
a d
A dh a
P adesh,
have
c imi al
cases.The
umbe s
we e
sig ifica tly
lowe
i
some
states.
Ha ya a
a d
Chhattisga h
had
o e
MP
each
faci g
c imi al
cha ges,
while
Pu jab
had
two
of
13.
Assam
had
th ee
of
14
MPs,
Delhi
th ee
of
seve ,
Rajastha
fou
of
25,
Guja at
five
of
25
a d
Madhya
P adesh
i e
of
29.

The
a alysis
did
ot
i clude
Utta
P adesh
because
the
Allahabad
High
Cou t
had
ot
submitted
its
epo t.

Amicus
seeks
dedicated
cou ts,
o e-yea
deadli e

Ha sa ia
has
u ged
SC
to
st e gthe
the
mecha ism
fo
mo ito i g
c imi al
cases
i volvi g
lawmake s
a d
e su e
that
they
a e
co cluded
withi
a
fixed
timef ame.He
has
p oposed
that
cou ts
desig ated
as
special
cou ts
fo
MPs
a d
MLAs
should
exclusively
hea
t ials
i volvi g
lawmake s
u til
those
matte s
a e
completed,
i stead
of
bei g
assig ed
othe
egula
judicial
wo k.Ha sa ia
is
assisti g
the
cou t
i
a
PIL
filed
by
BJP
leade
Ashwi i
Upadhyay
seeki g
expeditious
disposal
of
c imi al
cases
agai st
lawmake s.SC
had,
i
a
Novembe
9,
2023
judgme t,
issued
di ectio s
aimed
at
accele ati g
the
disposal
of
thousa ds
of
c imi al
cases
i volvi g
MPs
a d
MLAs.
It
had
asked
high
cou ts
to
co stitute
special
be ches
to
mo ito
the
p og ess
of
such
cases
a d
di ected
special
cou ts
to
avoid
adjou me ts
except
fo
” a e
a d
compelli g
easo s”.The
cou t
had
also
di ected
that
c imi al
cases
agai st
membe s
of
Pa liame t,
legislative
assemblies
a d
legislative
cou cils
be
give
p io ity.

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