14 of 28 CMs face serious criminal cases, Supreme Court told
An amicus curiae report submitted to the Supreme Court of India reveals that 14 out of 28 Indian state chief ministers face serious criminal charges. The report highlights a widespread issue of pending criminal cases against sitting and former lawmakers across the country.
Why it matters
This underscores significant concerns regarding the integrity of political leadership and the slow pace of the judicial process in handling cases involving high-ranking officials.
NEW DELHI: In the decade-old proceedings for expediting trials in criminal case against sitting/former MPs/MLAs, amicus curiae and senior advocate Vijay Hansaria has informed the Supreme Court that there are serious criminal cases against chief ministers of 14 of the 28 states, a list topped by Telangana's A Revanth Reddy who faces 89 cases.West Bengal's Suvendu Adhikari has 29 cases, Karnataka CM D Shivakumar 19, Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu 19, Kerala CM V D Satheesan 18 cases, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren 5, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis 4, Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh 4, TN CM C Joseph Vijay 2, Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary 2, and one each against other four - P S Tamang (Sikkim), Bhagwant Mann (Punjab), Mohan Charan Majhi (Odisha) and Bhajan Lal Sharma (Rajasthan).The maximum percentage of MLAs having serious criminal cases belong to Bengal - 170 out of 292 (58%).
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