India, Nov. 15 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday reprimanded the Maharashtra government for delays in cases against sitting and former MPs and MLAs, and issued a series of time-bound directions to ensure that trial courts expedite proceedings in these matters.

As many as 478 cases involving MPs and MLAs are still pending trials in Maharashtra, according to the latest data submitted by the state government's Directorate of Prosecution. These include cases listed for arguments, recording evidence, framing of charges, and recording the accused's statements.

A division bench of chief justice Shree Chandrashekhar and justice NJ Jamadar noted that these figures differed from the high court's own list because pending revision applications wer...