New Delhi: The Supreme Court today set a fresh four-month deadline for Centre and states to make functional all the 22 CBI courts across the country for trying corruption cases involving politicians and public servants and warned that failure to comply with its order would invite contempt action against chief secretaries.
A bench of justices G S Singhvi and C Nagappan also observed that these CBI courts are necessary for “speedy and expeditious” disposal of corruption cases.
“We expect that Central government and state governments to make all CBI courts functional.
“If not complied within four months, chief secretaries will be liable for proceedings under the Contempt of Court Act,” the bench said.
“People's confidence in administration of justice is restored by the setting up of these courts,” it said.
The court had earlier expressed its displeasure over the Centre's failure to set up adequate special CBI courts despite its repeated orders.
