Know your world in 60 words - Read News in just 1 minute
Hot Topics
Select the content to hear the Audio

Added on : 2018-09-12 17:12:24

As per the statistics compiled by the central government under the direction of the Supreme Court, out of 598 cases, 38 cases resulted in conviction while 560 others ended in acquittal of the accused lawmaker. This amounts to 6.35% convictions. The conviction rate of MPs and MLAs in criminal cases, tried by the special courts, is a little over six percent. The data, presented before a bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi, further disclosed that maximum conviction came from Odisha, which saw 10 convictions of MPs and MLAs from March till now. It is followed by Kerala, which witnessed eight convictions but at the same time, 147 cases resulted in acquittal in Kerala. A total of 178 cases in Kerala had been transferred to the special courts. Bihar, which leads the country with maximum number of criminal cases pending against MPs and MLAs, saw no conviction by any lawmaker. On the other hand, 48 cases resulted in exoneration of accused MPs and MLAs. 
Other states that witnessed substantial number of acquittal include Tamil Nadu (68), Gujarat (42), Uttar Pradesh (29) and Madhya Pradesh (28).

As per the statistics compiled by the central government under the direction of the Supreme Court, out of 598 cases, 38 cases resulted in conviction while 560 others ended in acquittal of the accused lawmaker. This amounts to 6.35% convictions. The conviction rate of MPs and MLAs in criminal cases, tried by the special courts, is a little over six percent. The data, presented before a bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi, further disclosed that maximum conviction came from Odisha, which saw 10 convictions of MPs and MLAs from March till now. It is followed by Kerala, which witnessed eight convictions but at the same time, 147 cases resulted in acquittal in Kerala. A total of 178 cases in Kerala had been transferred to the special courts. Bihar, which leads the country with maximum number of criminal cases pending against MPs and MLAs, saw no conviction by any lawmaker. On the other hand, 48 cases resulted in exoneration of accused MPs and MLAs. 
Other states that witnessed substantial number of acquittal include Tamil Nadu (68), Gujarat (42), Uttar Pradesh (29) and Madhya Pradesh (28).

Editor & Publisher : Dr Dhimant Purohit

Headlines

Good News

politics

India

World