FAST TRACK COURTS FOR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES BILL 2014: AN ANALYSIS

Abstract: In criminal justice system of India, justice delivery is a slow process. Despite various measures taken by the judiciary and the legislature, the loopholes in the criminal justice system make it convenient for the affluent accused to delay the judicial proceedings to escape punishment. To do away with this problem of delayed justice delivery system, the Parliament of India introduced Fast Track Courts for Elected Representatives Bill, 2014 in the House of People to establish Fast Track Courts for trial of cases involving criminal charges against elected representatives. The paper is an attempt to highlight the anomalies existing in the proposed Bill which need to be removed for benefit of society and also endeavours to incorporate concrete suggestions for improvement of the Bill.