SC Appoints Amicus to Fix Charge-Framing Delays

Ankitagupta2214127 Jan, 2026Legal

Expressing concern that trial courts routinely take months or years to frame charges despite statutory BNSS timelines, the Supreme Court plans to issue nationwide directives to fix this major backlog. Delays seen in sidharth luthra cases have underscored how slow charge framing stalls justice and prolongs undertrial detention.