- Understanding that there is a need to fast track criminal trials of MP’s the SC will widespread a policy to evolve and fast track the criminal justice delivery system instead of case specific
- A public interest litigation petition filed by senior lawyer Bhim Singh on the imprisonment of Pakistani prisoners though they completed their term
- Criminal cases where senior citizens and women are involved needs to be on fast track as per the CJI, he furthered opined that criminal justice system is not in the pace that is expected and wants it go in a better way
- Many cases are pending for over decades because of lack of infrastructure in trail courts, CJI has observed that Fast-tracking of criminal cases without additions in courts’ infrastructure leads to overburden
- In next four weeks a comprehensive look into ways to evolve the criminal justice delivery system as per Attorney-General’s assurance
- Earlier the Prime Minister had promised to discuss the mechanism with the SC to speed up pending criminal cases against elected MPs
- The speedy trails of such cases will be a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and a step in the right direction to cleanse politics of criminality
- · http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/ag-to-suggest-steps-to-evolve-justice-delivery/article6273803.ece