14 of 28 CMs face serious criminal cases, SC told
The Supreme Court has been informed that 14 out of 28 chief ministers are currently facing serious criminal cases, according to an update from senior advocate Vijay Hansaria. The list is topped by Telangana's A Revanth Reddy, who has 89 cases against him. Other high-profile figures include West Bengal's Suvendu Adhikari with 29 cases, Karnataka's D Shivakumar with 19, Andhra Pradesh's N Chandrababu Naidu with 19, Kerala's V D Satheesan with 18, Jharkhand's Hemant Soren with 5, Maharashtra's Devendra Fadnavis with 4, Himachal Pradesh's Sukhvinder Singh with 4, Tamil Nadu's C Joseph Vijay with 2, Bihar's Samrat Choudhary with 2, and one each against P S Tamang (Sikkim), Bhagwant Mann (Punjab), Mohan Charan Majhi (Odisha), and Bhajan Lal Sharma (Rajasthan).
The report also reveals that the highest percentage of legislators with serious criminal cases belong to Bengal, at 58%, followed by Kerala at 57%, Andhra Pradesh at 56%, Telangana at 49%, Jharkhand and Odisha at 45% each, Bihar at 42%, and Maharashtra at 40%. Of the 4,192 criminal cases pending trial against sitting/former MPs and MLAs, Uttar Pradesh accounts for the largest share with 1,171 cases.
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