3,251 corruption cases pending across courts in Maharashtra
As many as 3,251 corruption cases are pending across courts in Maharashtra, with over 250 cases pending with the government for prosecution sanction, reports said. However, the state witnessed a 21% decline in the number of corruption cases registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in 2016. Reportedly, 991 cases were registered in Maharashtra in 2016 as against 1,279 in 2015.