Advocate Ashwani Kumar Upadhyaya had filed this Writ Petition way back in 2016 (2016-09-06) and still the Supreme Court is working on it.
On 2020-03-05:
A 13-column format was finalized to be filled by High Courts, as not many High Courts supplied Amicus with required information. Amicus email id is given wherein the Crime data was to be sent.
On 2020-08-31:
On 2020-09-10:
Submission of the Amicus Curiae:
Order from Court:
On 2020-09-16:
Directions were passed to CJs of High Courts for monitoring and expediting the disposal of the criminal cases.
On 2020-10-06:
Supplementary Submission of the Amicus Curiae:
On 2020-11-02:
Supplementary Submission (12th Report) of the Amicus Curiae:
On 2020-11-02:
Further directions were passed by the Court
On 2021-08-10:
In view of the law laid down by this Court, we deem it appropriate to direct that no prosecution against a sitting or former M.P./M.L.A. shall be withdrawn without the leave of the High Court in the respective suo-motu writ petitions registered in pursuance of our order dated 16.09.2020. The High Courts are requested to examine the withdrawals, whether pending or disposed of since 16.09.2020, in light of guidelines laid down by this Court.
On 2021-08-11:
The table given in previous day order was amended to include new column, ‘Whether Video Conferencing facility is available’.
On 2021-08-25:
This is the 14th Status Report by Amicus Curiae:
Here is the Order passed.
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