ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS, ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) & (b): Setting up of subordinate courts including special courts come within the domain of State Governments in consultation with respective High Courts. The proposal of Union of India for setting up of 1800 Fast Track Courts (FTCs) during 2015-20 had been endorsed by the 14th Finance Commission for dealing specific nature cases related to heinous nature, Women, Children, Senior Citizen etc and Civil Cases pending for five years. There are 828 numbers of such Fast Track Courts functioning in the country as on 31-12-2019 as per information received from High Courts.
The State-wise details of functional FTCs for the last three years is placed at Annexure.
(c) to (e): In furtherance to The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018, Government has finalized a Scheme for setting up of 1023 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) across the country for expeditious trial and disposal of pending cases pertaining to Rape and Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, in a time-bound manner under Centrally Sponsored Scheme. So far, after receipt of consent from 27 States/UTs, Central share of Funds amounting to Rs.99.43125 Cr has been released to these 27 States/UTs for setting up of 649 numbers of FTSCs including 363 exclusive POCSO courts. The Scheme of FTSC does not envisage appointment of women judges/prosecutors in such courts.
(f): Government has taken many other steps. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018 was enacted to prescribe even more stringent penal provisions including death penalty for rape of girl child below 12 years and completion of investigation and trials within 2 months each; Emergency Response Support System; use of technology to aid smart policing and safety management; Safe city projects; launching of online analytic tools like the “ National Data Base on Sexual Offenders” (NDSO); “Investigation Tracking System for Sexual Offences”, strengthening DNA analysis units in Central and State Forensic Science Laboratories, notification of guidelines for collection of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases and the standard composition in a sexual assault evidence collection kit; setting up of women Helpdesk in Police Stations in States/UTs and ‘Anti-Human Trafficking Units’
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ANNEXURE
THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2856 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2020
STATUS OF STATE-WISE NO. OF FUNCTIONAL FAST TRACK COURTs, CASES DISPOSED DURING LAST THREE YEARS AND CASES PENDING AS ON 31.12.2019.
Sl. No. Name of the State/UT No. of FTCs functional
(as on 31.12
2019) Cases disposed off in FTCs during 2017 Cases disposed off in FTCs during 2018 Cases disposed of in FTCs during 2019 (upto31.12.
2019) Cases pending in FTCs
(as on 31.12.2019)
1. Andhra Pradesh 21 2615 2504 2679 6763
2. Assam 19 2990 2314 5689 8108
3. Maharashtra 91 35046 32807 98173 107491
4. West Bengal & Andaman and Nicobar 88 15482 16358 15527 49723
5. Chhattisgarh 38 3840 3862 4522 6882
6. Manipur 04 675 during last 3 yrs 214 210
7. Bihar 57 5889 11525 7212 20774
8. Delhi 10 1487 1559 1301 4210
9. Haryana 06 - 166 3233 924
10. Sikkim 01 03 09 23 6
11. Tripura 11 897 during last three years 412 937
12. Uttar Pradesh 368 456477 cases disposed of during 2017&2018 318989 405127
13 Mizoram 02 276 154
14 Jammu & Kashmir 05 47 876
15 Tamilnadu 74 11841 6036
16 Telangana 29 6996 9950
17 Uttarakhand 4 - 83 567
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