New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday met Union Home Minister P Chidambaram to obtain Centres` approval for the enanctment of a `Special Courts Bill` in his state.
The Bill aims to tackle corruption by creation of special courts in the state which will decide cases related to corruption in a period of one year, beginning from the period they are filed in the courts.
The CM also told Chidambaram that the Bill will ensure that corruption cases are mandatorily filed by prosecuting agencies in these courts within a period of one year, and once enacted, the Bill has special provisions to seize and deliver quick punishment to people found guilty in these cases. According to sources, the Home Minister who met Singh at his office in North Block, assured him of all possible help in this regard. PTI