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Finish heinous crimes’ trials in 6 months: SC
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
|November 19, 2025
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that heinous cases are crimes against the nation and trials in these should conclude within six months, directing the Centre to presenta concrete action plan within a month on setting up exclusive courts for this purpose
The Supreme Court has posted the matter for December 16.
‘A bench headed by justice Surya Kant said, “We want all trials in heinous cases to be completed in six months. The heinous offences which area crime against the nation should be completed expeditiously so that no accused makesa hue and cry for bail.”
The court was hearing two petitions, one from a Maoist sympathiser facing a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the other a Delhi gangster, seeking bail citing long pendency of their trials.
The bench, also comprising justices Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh said, “Once you set up exclusive courts, we will ensure these courts work, maybe even day and night.”
This story is from the November 19, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Bengaluru.
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