PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 16 -- The Allahabad high court has expressed concern that high-priority criminal cases involving Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) are either being listed before non-designated courts of the HC or placed too low in the cause list, effectively preventing their hearing.

A division bench comprising Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Indrajeet Shukla issued these directions while hearing a suo motu Public Interest Litigation (PIL) titled In Re Designated Courts For MPs/MLAs. The Bench noted with surprise that several priority matters were either being posted before non-designated courts leading to entries marking them as "wrongly listed" or placed very low on cause lists, which eff...