New Delhi, Feb 10 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday held that it would be inappropriate for a two-judge bench to reopen the issue of expeditious disposal of criminal cases against lawmakers, given that a three-judge bench had already addressed the matter in a previous ruling.
A bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Manmohan directed that the issue be placed before the Chief Justice of India for consideration by a larger bench.
The Court was hearing a 2016 Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking uniform disqualification of convicted persons from the legislature, executive, and judiciary, along with a demand for a one-year timeline for deciding criminal cases against government members.