The Madras High Court on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, directed the prosecution to expedite proceedings in criminal cases pending against sitting as well as former MPs and MLAs in Tamil Nadu and file a status report before the court, on June 20, 2024.
The First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice J. Sathya Narayana Prasad issued the direction on a suo motu writ petition taken up by the court, on the request of the Supreme Court, in 2020 to monitor the progress of criminal cases booked against MPs and MLAs.
Advocate General P.S. Raman and State Public Prosecutor Hasan Mohamed Jinnah informed the Bench that as many as 561 cases had been registered in Tamil Nadu against the sitting as well as former legislators under the Indian Penal Code and other laws but for the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA), 1988.
