MPs are not special, can’t fast-track criminal cases against them: SC

 The Supreme Court on Friday said that it cannot fast-track criminal cases against MPs alone, taking them to be a distinct category from other pending criminal cases. 

PM Narendra Modi had asked MPs to get the pending criminal cases expedited in a bid to reduce criminality in politics. 

The SC said there are several categories like women and senior citizens where criminal trial needs to be expedited. 

The apex court said this fast-tracking of a few categories is not helping to speed up criminal justice system as the manpower in trial courts and infrastructure is woefully inadequate.