One-liner: Special courts for expeditious disposal of cases against sitting and former MPs and MLAs, set up by the Supreme Court under its special power, are valid and no illegality can be attached to the trial of cases by these courts, the apex court was informed on Tuesday.
Submissions made: The submissions were made before a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana in a report by amicus curiae (friend of the court) Vijay Hansaria and Sneha Kalita.
Fair trial: All the accused persons are granted a fair trial as per the Constitutional norm. The cases are tried by judicial officers trained in law and no special procedure less advantageous to accused persons has been prescribed for trial of the cases.
Source: PTI