The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the Registrar General (RG) of the High Court to submit data on the number of pending criminal cases against legislators which are triable by the Judicial Magistrate First Class..This apart, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj directed the RG to place the following data on record:Stages of cases pending which are triable by the Judicial Magistrate First Class;Number of cases where Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) are accused;Number of cases where complaints are filed by MLAs..The Court directed the RG to place a copy of the said report before the Court by July 6..The Court passed these directions after Amicus Curiae and Senior Advocate Aditya Sondhi pointed out technical issues regarding committal of cases..During the hearing, the Court opined,“We might have to start a second special court for hearing cases (against legislators).”.The matter will be next heard on July 8..In 2020, the Court had directed the registration of a suo motu petition, in view of the directions issued by the Supreme Court urging Chief Justices of High Courts to formulate an action plan to expeditiously deal with pending cases against legislators..During a previous hearing, the Court had directed the administrative side of the Court to file a proposal before the State government on the establishment of one more Special Court for dealing with criminal cases involving Members of Parliament (MPs) and MLAs.
The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the Registrar General (RG) of the High Court to submit data on the number of pending criminal cases against legislators which are triable by the Judicial Magistrate First Class..This apart, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj directed the RG to place the following data on record:Stages of cases pending which are triable by the Judicial Magistrate First Class;Number of cases where Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) are accused;Number of cases where complaints are filed by MLAs..The Court directed the RG to place a copy of the said report before the Court by July 6..The Court passed these directions after Amicus Curiae and Senior Advocate Aditya Sondhi pointed out technical issues regarding committal of cases..During the hearing, the Court opined,“We might have to start a second special court for hearing cases (against legislators).”.The matter will be next heard on July 8..In 2020, the Court had directed the registration of a suo motu petition, in view of the directions issued by the Supreme Court urging Chief Justices of High Courts to formulate an action plan to expeditiously deal with pending cases against legislators..During a previous hearing, the Court had directed the administrative side of the Court to file a proposal before the State government on the establishment of one more Special Court for dealing with criminal cases involving Members of Parliament (MPs) and MLAs.