(a) the criteria fixed for setting up of fast track courts;
(b) the FTCs opened during each of the last three years;
(c) the specific facilities provided in the fast track courts; and
(d) the number of FTCs proposed to be opened during 2003-2004, State-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTISCE (SHRI P.C.THOMAS)
(a) Keeping in view the huge pendency of cases in subordinate judiciary, the Eleventh Finance Commission
recommended setting up of 1734 fast track courts primarily to dispose of sessions cases pending for more
than two years and above.
(b) A Statement showing the number of fast track courts opened in last three years is placed at Annexe.
(c) The fast track courts have been conceived as additional courts with all facilities to try the pending
sessions cases at the district level.
(d) The Eleventh Finance Commission had recommended to set up 1734 fast track courts in the country.
Out of this, 1401 courts have been notified and 1136 have been made functional. All the state governments have
been advised to set up the remaining fast track courts by 31 st December, 2003 as directed by the Supreme Court.
ANNEXURE
STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1626 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12TH DECEMBER, 2003:
Sl.No. Name of the State From 1.4.2001 From 1.1.2002 From 1.12.2002 to 31.12.2001 to 30.11.2002 to 30.11.2003
1. Andhra Pradesh 22 24 14
2. Arunachal Pradesh 3 0 0
3. Assam 15 0 5
4. Bihar 37 73 2
5. Chhattisgarh 11 12 8 6. Goa 1 0 0
7 Gujarat 36 0 25
8. Haryana 5 1 6
9. Himachal Pradesh 0 0 0 10. Jammu & Kashmir 9# 0 0 11. Jharkhand 20 55 14 12. Karnataka 8 2 25 13. Kerala 1 21 5 14. Madhya Pradesh 30 10 3 15. Maharashtra 103 0 0 16. Manipur 2 0 0 17. Meghalaya 0 2 1 18. Mizoram 0 3 0 19. Nagaland 0 0 2 20. Orissa 17 9 5 21. Punjab 7 0 9 22. Rajasthan 40 43 0 23. Sikkim 0 0 0 24. Tamil Nadu 30 19 0 25. Tripura 2 1 0 26. Uttaranchal 30 2 9 27. Uttar Pradesh 150 56 36 28. West Bengal 13 12 30
Total 592 345 199
# Jammu & Kashmir has set up additional 31 FTCs out of their own resources.