The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Central Government to constitute Special Courts in lines of fast-track courts for expeditious disposal of cases pending against parliamentarians and MLAs.
The SC also asked the Centre to apprise it as how much amount would be spent on constituting special courts for cases against MPs and MLAs.
The apex court sought 'empirical data' on tainted politicians and wanted to know how many MPs and MLAs have been convicted in criminal cases.
Earlier, the Election Commission told a bench headed by a bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi that it favoured a life term ban on MPs, MLAs from contesting election after being convicted in criminal cases.
The existing law disqualifies politicians sentenced to a jail term of two years or more from contesting elections for six years from the date of release from prison.
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