Archive · 18 Aug 2026

Supreme Court reviews criminal cases against 326 MPs, 14 CMs

Supreme Court reviews criminal cases against 326 MPs, 14 CMs

In India, some people who make laws for the country are also accused of doing bad things.

A very important court called the Supreme Court looked at a report about this.

The report says that many members of Parliament have criminal cases against them.

It also says that 14 chief ministers, who lead states, have criminal cases.

One chief minister has as many as 89 cases.

The court wants these cases to be finished quickly.

A lawyer named Ashwini Upadhyaya asked the court to make a rule that people who are found guilty can never become lawmakers again.

Right now, the law says they cannot be lawmakers for six years after they are released.

The report shows that many cases have been waiting for years, which worries the court.

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