The Supreme Court recently expressed deep concern over what it described as a “shocking state of affairs” in Maharashtra after the Bombay High Court revealed that charges have not been framed in at least 649 criminal cases, even though charge sheets in some of those matters were filed as far back as 2006 (Shubham Ganpati @ Ganesh Rathod vs. The State of Maharashtra) . A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and NK Singh noted that the reasons cited for these delays were varied, but one issue was common across districts - the non-production of accused or non-appearance of advocates, including both prosecutors and defence counsel. The Court found this pattern unacceptable and directed the High Court to conduct a deeper inquiry. It ordered the Registrar General to call for reports fro

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