 |
|
||
 |
|||
| Improve Your World | Home | About Us | Sitemap | Search | Contact Us | ||
|
|
||||||||
| Home >> Anti-Corruption : News Articles >> Anti-Corruption : News Articles |   Email this Page |
|
|||
|
8,200 CBI cases still await trial Vishwa Mohan | TNN New Delhi: Public pressure might have prompted the CBI to work round the clock to ensure the speedy trial in the Priyadarshini Mattoo rape-cum-murder case but the country's premier investigating agency has not had the same luck always, with over 8,200 cases still awaiting trial. What's more, over 2,276 cases have been gathering dust in various courts for more than 10 years now, with 244 of them pending trial for over 20 years. In 2006, the CBI had 8,297 cases awaiting trial after completion of investigations for one or the other reason. The figure stood at 6,898 in 2005. The statistics were released in the presence of CBI director Vijay Shanker. As part of its strategy to reduce pendency of cases in 2007, the agency is now examining ways and means to expedite trials of pending cases, especially of those languishing for over 10 and 20 years and those in which charges have not been framed. The CBI has 438 cases in which charges have not been framed by the designated courts for over 10 years. Though the agency did not specify reasons for the delay, it identified this as "the major area of concern''. These cases are varied in nature-ranging from rape, murder and rioting to corruption in government agencies. Though the CBI did not explain why steps were not taken to speed up the trial in these cases like in the Mattoo case, the official document said efforts would be intensified to have more special courts. Filling up vacancies of public prosecutors, increasing the number of special counsels and strengthening and modernising the agency's directorate of prosecution were also listed as steps to end the pendency of cases. URL : http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JTS8yMDA3LzAyLzExI0FyMDA4MDM=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom |
