The Supreme Court has asked the government to consider legislating on setting up of new fast-track courts to expedite criminal case trials against parliamentarians and legislators. A bench of Justices J Chelameswar and S Abdul Nazeer said, Parliament had the competence to come up with a law and create necessary infrastructure for setting up of such courts for speedy disposal of cases against lawmakers.<br/>'<br/>The court's remarks came on a plea filed by an NGO for creating a permanent mechanism to investigate candidates whose assets have grown disproportionately during their tenure as MLAs or MPs.<br/>'<br/>Attorney General KK Venugopal agreed that fast-track courts were the need of the hour and said that some such courts have in the past done an excellent job.<br/>'<br/>The Central Board of Direct Taxes had, on Monday, told the apex court that there has been a substantial hike in the assets of seven Lok Sabha MPs and 98 MLAs across the country and discrepancies have been found. <br/><br/>The court said it had perused the names of these politicians and will examine the issue.