Number of criminal cases against Indian lawmakers doubles in 4 yrs to 3,045

In total, 1,765 Indian MPs and MLAs have 3,045 criminal cases filed against them, up from 1,581 in 2014; Uttar Pradesh fares the worst in state-wise list of criminal cases against legislators

As many as 1,765 members of Parliament and state legislative Assemblies (MPs and MLAs) – or 36 per cent of all lawmakers in the country – are at present facing criminal trial in 3,045 cases, an affidavit by the Centre has informed the Supreme Court. The number of criminal cases against them is almost twice as much as 1,581 in 2014.
 
The Supreme Court had in 2017 asked the government to collect data of cases against legislators and set up 12 special courts to deal with such cases. Now, with the number of cases almost doubling from 2014, the