Prosecution of Corruption Cases
The number of persons in corruption cases registered by CBI/number of persons awarded punishment/conviction and number of cases pending trial during the last three years and the current year is as under:
Year | Number of persons in corruption cases registered by CBI | Number of persons awarded punishment/conviction | Number of cases pending trial |
2005 | 4897 | 407 | 4942 |
2006 | 4666 | 619 | 6459 |
2007 | 2201 | 587 | 6673 |
2008 (upto30.11.2008) | 1347 | 421 | 6773 |
Government does not intervene in the judicial functioning of the Courts. However, Government has set up 39 Courts of Special Judges/Magistrates in various States exclusively for trial of CBI cases.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, ShriPrithviraj Chavan in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.