NEW DELHI, Aug 25:
Nearly 6,700 corruption cases probed by the CBI were pending trials in different courts, 275 of them for more than 20 years, according to the latest annual report of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
A total of 1,939 cases were pending trials for more than 10 years and up to 20 years, 2,273 for more than five years and up to 10 years, 811 for more than three years and up to five years and 1,399 cases for less than three years, as on December 31, 2021, it said. “The Commission, during monthly meetings with CBI, takes note of the large number of cases pending trial in different courts for long periods,” said the CVC annual report 2021.
As on 31.12.2021, 6,697 cases were pending trial, out of which 275 cases are more than 20 years old, it said.
Besides, a total of 10,974 appeals and revisions were pending in high courts and the Supreme Court. Of the total of 9,935 appeals, 9,698 were in high courts and 237 in the Supreme Court. There are 1,039 revision pleas pending in the high courts, the report stated. Out of 10,974 appeal and revision pleas pending in high courts and in the apex court, 361 were pending for more than twenty years, 558 for more than 15 but less than 20 years, 1,749 for more than 10 but less than 15 years, 3,665 for more than five but less than 10 years, 2,818 for more than two but less than five years and 1,823 for less than two years, it said.
As many as 645 corruption cases were pending investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), 35 for more than five years, the report said. Of the total cases, 60 were under probe for more than three years but less than five years, 71 for more than two years but less than three years, 162 for more than one year but less than two years and 317 for less than a year, said the report tabled in Parliament in the recently-concluded session and made public on Wednesday. The CBI had registered 457 cases in 2021 against 549 civil servants, including 221 gazetted officers. Of these, 504 were disposed from investigation, it said.(PTI)
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