Special Courts for Member of Parliament (MP) and Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)

  • The Supreme Court of India in its Order dated the 1st November, 2017 had directed the Union Government to prepare a scheme for setting up of Courts exclusively to deal with criminal cases involving political persons on the lines of Fast Track Courts (FTCs) which were set up by the Central Government for a period of five years and extended further.
  • Accordingly, 12 Special Courts (2 in NCT of Delhi and 1 each in the state of UP, Bihar, WB, MP, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala) were constituted.
  • 10 Special Courts (except special courts of ....
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