Overview
- Madras High Court directed trial courts to fast‑track all MP/MLA cases without higher‑court stays, bar unnecessary adjournments, and prioritize matters pending over five years.
- An amicus told the Madras bench that 216 cases are pending in its jurisdiction, including 193 in Tamil Nadu and 23 in Puducherry, with a two‑week deadline to file a list of matters held up by interim orders.
- Bombay High Court recorded roughly 478–488 pending cases across Maharashtra, Goa, and the Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, noting 132 await securing the accused’s presence.
- Bombay HC ordered 32 final‑stage trials to conclude within 30 days, Section 313 CrPC statements to begin within three weeks with video conferencing for jailed accused, and charges to be framed in 47 cases within four weeks.
- Prosecutors were told to move to vacate stays, registries to flag infrastructure gaps, and compliance reports are due on November 25 in Madras and December 19 in Bombay.