The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Chief Secretaries of all the states, including Registrars General (RGs) of the High Courts, to furnish details of the criminal cases pending against the MPs and MLAs. It also asked whether the cases have been transferred to the Special Courts set up in pursuance to its December 2017 order to try them.

A bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Navin Sinha and Justice K.M. Joseph also sought information about whether Special Courts set-up in pursuance of its order were functional. It wanted to know whether, in view of the volume of cases pending, there was need of additional special courts to try lawmakers facing criminal cases.