Overview
- Trial courts were told to expedite all lawmaker cases where no higher‑court stay is operating, with priority for matters pending over five years.
- Special courts must frame charges at the earliest in cases with filed chargesheets, with the High Court warning against repeated delays at the charging stage.
- Where charges are framed, judges were directed to complete evidence quickly and to examine witnesses without granting adjournments once they appear.
- The court recorded 216 pending criminal cases against sitting and former MPs/MLAs across Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, including 193 in Tamil Nadu and 23 in Puducherry.
- Counsel must file within two weeks a complete list of matters under interim orders, the Registrar General will gather inputs on infrastructure and digital gaps, and the case is listed next on November 25.