Lok Sabha Question No. 2515 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-01
Subject: Disposal of Cases Related to Crime Against Women and Children
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: P. KARUNAKARAN, PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2515 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 1 ST  AUGUST, 2018

Disposal of Cases Related to Crime Against Women and Children

2515.

SHRI P. KARUNAKARAN:

DR. P.K. BIJU:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number of courts  functioning  for  disposal  of  cases  relating  to crimes against children and women in the country, including number of cases pending/disposed of  by these courts during the last three years, State-wise;
- (b) the proposals under consideration of the Government for setting up of more such courts along with the present status thereof, State-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  dedicated  courts  to deal with cases of crimes against women;
- (d) if so, the details and the present status thereof; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  also  intends  to  appoint  women  judges/ prosecutors in such courts and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## Minister of State for Law & Justice and Corporate Affairs (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

- (a): As per details received from the National Commission for Protection  of  Child  Rights  (NCPCR),  620  Special  Courts  have  been designated  under  the  Protection  of  Children  from  Sexual  Offences (POCSO) Act,  2012.  The  details  regarding  the  number  of  such  courts and  cases  reported  under  the  Act  during  the  years  2014-2016,  Statewise, are given in Annexure-I.

As  per  information  received  from  the  National  Crime  Records Bureau (NCRB), the details of cases relating to crimes against women which are registered, trials completed and cases pending for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, State-wise, is given in Annexure-II.

(b)  to  (d):  The  14 th Finance Commission had endorsed the proposal of the  Government  for  strengthening  the  judicial  system  in  states,  which, inter-alia,  included  establishing  1800  Fast  Track  Courts  (FTCs)  for dealing  with  cases  of  heinous  crimes;  cases  involving  senior  citizens, women,  children,  persons  with  mental  disability  and  having  terminal illness etc. and urged the State Governments to use the additional fiscal space provided in the 14 th Finance  Commission's award in the form of enhanced tax devolution to the states (from 32% to 42%) to meet their funding requirements.

Recently, the Government of India has promulgated 'The Criminal Law  (Amendment)  Ordinance,  2018  which  has,  inter  alia,  effected amendments  in  the  IPC,  Cr.  PC,  The  Indian  Evidence  Act  and  the POCSO Act, and has brought in stringent provisions for expeditious trial and disposal of cases involving crimes against women and children.

(e): The selection and appointment of judicial officers and prosecutors in  subordinate  courts  is  the  responsibility  of  the  High  Courts  and  the State  Governments  respectively.  The  recruitment  of  judicial  officers  in some States is done by respective High Courts, whereas in other States the  High  Courts  do  it  in  consultation  with  the  State  Public  Service Commissions. As per available information, some states have provided reservation quota for appointment of women in the subordinate judiciary and  the  state-wise  status  of  reservation  for  women  in  the  subordinate judiciary, as per information available, is given in Annexure -III.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LSUQ NO.2515 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 ST  AUGUST, 2018 REGARDING DISPOSAL OF CASES RELATED TO CRIME AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN

Child  Sexual  Abuse  Cases  reported  under  POCSO  Act,  2012  and  Special Courts designated under POCSO Act, 2012 in the States/UTs during the years 2014-16

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   |   Total number of Incidents reported |   Total number of Incidents reported |   Total number of Incidents reported | No. of Special Courts designated   |
|-----------|---------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   |                                 2014 |                                 2015 |                                 2016 | No. of Special Courts designated   |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh      |                                  106 |                                  237 |                                  803 | 13                                 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                    5 |                                   12 |                                   59 | 5                                  |
| 3.        | Assam               |                                  311 |                                  731 |                                  821 | 24                                 |
| 4.        | Bihar               |                                   57 |                                   60 |                                  233 | 38                                 |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh        |                                  417 |                                 1164 |                                 1570 | 51                                 |
| 6.        | Goa                 |                                    2 |                                    0 |                                   75 | 1                                  |
| 7.        | Gujarat             |                                  118 |                                 1416 |                                 1408 | 21                                 |
| 8.        | Haryana             |                                    3 |                                  440 |                                 1020 | 21                                 |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh    |                                   22 |                                    3 |                                  205 | 11                                 |
| 10.       | Jammu & Kashmir     |                                   00 |                                   00 |                                   25 | 0*                                 |
| 11.       | Jharkhand           |                                   31 |                                  141 |                                  348 | 24                                 |
| 12.       | Karnataka           |                                  620 |                                 1480 |                                 1565 | 30                                 |
| 13        | Kerala              |                                  439 |                                  516 |                                 1848 | 14                                 |
| 14.       | Madhya Pradesh      |                                  126 |                                 1687 |                                 4717 | 51                                 |
| 15        | Maharashtra         |                                  190 |                                   26 |                                 4815 | 36                                 |
| 16        | Manipur             |                                    7 |                                   25 |                                   43 | 7                                  |
| 17        | Meghalaya           |                                   48 |                                  118 |                                  151 | 6                                  |
| 18        | Mizoram             |                                   42 |                                  114 |                                  167 | 2                                  |
| 19        | Nagaland            |                                   00 |                                    5 |                                   27 | 11                                 |
| 20        | Odisha              |                                  109 |                                   19 |                                 1928 | 30                                 |
| 21        | Punjab              |                                   25 |                                   18 |                                  596 | 22                                 |
| 22        | Rajasthan           |                                  191 |                                  222 |                                 1479 | 35                                 |
| 23        | Sikkim              |                                   23 |                                   54 |                                   92 | 4                                  |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu          |                                 1055 |                                 1544 |                                 1583 | 32                                 |
| 25        | Telangana           |                                   25 |                                  264 |                                 1158 | 10                                 |
| 26        | Tripura             |                                   32 |                                   00 |                                  156 | 8                                  |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh       |                                 3637 |                                 3078 |                                 4954 | 56                                 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand         |                                   74 |                                   99 |                                  218 | 13                                 |
| 29        | West Bengal         |                                 1058 |                                 1289 |                                 2132 | 23                                 |
| 30        | A & N Islands       |                                   00 |                                    1 |                                   49 | 1                                  |
| 31        | Chandigarh UT       |                                   00 |                                    1 |                                   51 | 1                                  |
| 32        | D & N Haveli        |                                   00 |                                   13 |                                   11 | 1                                  |
| 33        | Daman & Diu         |                                   00 |                                    4 |                                   10 | 2                                  |
| 34        | Delhi UT            |                                  107 |                                   86 |                                 1620 | 13                                 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep         |                                    1 |                                    1 |                                    5 | 1                                  |
| 36        | Puducherry          |                                   21 |                                   45 |                                   53 | 2                                  |
|           | Total               |                                 8904 |                                14913 |                                36022 | 620                                |

Source: NCPCR/National Crime Records Bureau, MHA

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LSUQ NO.2515 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 ST  AUGUST, 2018 REGARDING DISPOSAL OF CASES RELATED TO CRIME AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN

## State/UT-wise  Cases  Registered,  Trials  Completed,  Cases  Pending  during 2014-2016

| SL No   | State/UT          | 2014         | 2014             | 2014    | 2015       | 2015             | 2015    | 2016       | 2016             | 2016           |
|---------|-------------------|--------------|------------------|---------|------------|------------------|---------|------------|------------------|----------------|
| SL No   | State/UT          | Registered   | Trials completed | Pending | Registered | Trials completed | Pending | Registered | Trials completed | Pending        |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 16526        | 839              | 31026   | 15967      | 768              | 31449   | 16362      | 922              | 32708          |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 351          | 9                | 1580    | 384        | 0                | 1818    | 367        | 23               | 1941           |
| 3       | Assam             | 19169        | 518              | 29465   | 23365      | 669              | 34537   | 20869      | 470              | 39019          |
| 4       | Bihar             | 15393        | 525              | 40853   | 13904      | 508              | 45850   | 13400      | 639              | 56366          |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 6301         | 1531             | 17297   | 5783       | 2319             | 16567   | 5947       | 1207             | 17235          |
| 6       | Goa               | 508          | 14               | 818     | 392        | 27               | 989     | 371        | 18               | 1062           |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 10854        | 174              | 63334   | 7777       | 114              | 65981   | 8532       | 122              | 69847          |
| 8       | Haryana           | 9010         | 692              | 14320   | 9511       | 805              | 15197   | 9839       | 560              | 16440          |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 1529         | 69               | 4962    | 1295       | 61               | 5399    | 1222       | 83               | 5598           |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 3327         | 105              | 11206   | 3366       | 83               | 11503   | 2850       | 56               | 11653          |
| 11      | Jharkhand         | 6086         | 786              | 9091    | 6568       | 726              | 10711   | 5453       | 766              | 12404          |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 14004        | 354              | 31640   | 12775      | 251              | 36199   | 14131      | 271              | 40055          |
| 13      | Kerala            | 11451        | 553              | 52388   | 9767       | 649              | 56517   | 10034      | 500              | 61251          |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    | 28756        | 5773             | 60520   | 24231      | 4233             | 61777   | 26604      | 3888             | 67862          |
| 15      | Maharashtra       | 26818        | 926              | 140794  | 31216      | 1229             | 151023  | 31388      | 1135             | 165618         |
| 16      | Manipur           | 337          | 4                | 200     | 266        | 7                | 275     | 253        | 7                | 424            |
| 17      | Meghalaya         | 390          | 13               | 1532    | 337        | 12               | 1698    | 372        | 88               | 1823           |
| 18      | Mizoram           | 258          | 139              | 296     | 158        | 138              | 273     | 120        | 71               | 302            |
| 19      | Nagaland          | 68           | 22               | 48      | 91         | 24               | 79      | 105        | 23               | 85             |
| 20      | Odisha            | 14651        | 429              | 57869   | 17200      | 511              | 66754   | 17837      | 392              | 76057          |
| 21      | Punjab            | 5481         | 637              | 7357    | 5340       | 794              | 8204    | 5105       | 550              | 8868           |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 31216        | 3659             | 59167   | 28224      | 3318             | 63371   | 27422      | 2884             | 68040          |
| 23      | Sikkim            | 111          | 46               | 126     | 53         | 6                | 46      | 153        | 11               | 128            |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 6354         | 1186             | 14640   | 5919       | 867              | 15507   | 4463       | 647              | 15561          |
| 25      | Telangana         | 14147        | 504              | 25886   | 15425      | 533              | 30295   | 15374      | 471              | 34172          |
| 26      | Tripura           | 1618         | 108              | 3523    | 1267       | 99               | 4101    | 1013       | 130              | 3981           |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     | 38918        | 5288             | 73117   | 35908      | 7151             | 84094   | 49262      | 5795             | 104459         |
| 28      | Uttarakhand       | 1413         | 284              | 3264    | 1465       | 628              | 3063    | 1588       | 243              | 3527           |
| 29      | West Bengal       | 38424 323469 | 422              | 205834  | 33318      | 420              | 232153  | 32513      | 319              | 255979 1172465 |
|         | TOTAL STATE(S)    |              | 25609            | 962153  | 311272     | 26950            | 1055430 | 322949     | 22291            |                |
| 30      | A & N Islands     | 117          | 12               | 504     | 136        | 7                | 547     | 108        | 8                | 567            |
| 31      | Chandigarh        | 434          | 65               | 549     | 468        | 65               | 564     | 414        | 52               | 615            |
| 32      | D&N Haveli        | 21           | 0                | 101     | 25         | 2                | 107     | 28         | 2                | 116            |
| 33      | Daman & Diu       | 16           | 1                | 26      | 29         | 0                | 35      | 41         | 0                | 43             |
| 34      | Delhi UT          | 15319        | 1008             | 19744   | 17222      | 880              | 24991   | 15310      | 736              | 30803          |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       | 4            | 0                | 4       | 9          | 1                | 4       | 9          | 0                | 13             |
| 36      | Puducherry        | 77           | 1                | 162     | 82         | 4                | 94      | 95         | 5                | 164            |
|         | TOTAL UT(S)       | 15988        | 1087             | 21090   | 17971      | 959              | 26342   | 16005      | 803              | 32321          |
|         | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 339457       | 26696            | 983243  | 329243     | 27909            | 1081772 | 338954     | 23094            | 1204786        |

Source: Crime in India

## ANNEXURE-III

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF THE LSUQ NO.2515 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 ST  AUGUST, 2018 REGARDING DISPOSAL OF CASES RELATED TO CRIME AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN

## STATUS  OF  RESERVATION  FOR  THE  WOMEN  IN  THE  STATE  JUDICIARY (HIGHER & STATE JUDICIAL SERVICES), STATE-WISE

| Sl No.                                            | State Government                                  | Status of Reservation for Women                   |
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| States where reservation provided in the rules    | States where reservation provided in the rules    | States where reservation provided in the rules    |
| 1                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                    | 33.3 %of open and reserved categories             |
| 2                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                      | 30% (Horizontal & Compartment-wise)               |
| 3                                                 | Odisha                                            | 33.3 %in State Judicial Services.                 |
| 4                                                 | Rajasthan                                         | 30% (shall be horizontal)                         |
| States where no reservation provided in the rules | States where no reservation provided in the rules | States where no reservation provided in the rules |
| 1                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                 | No reservation for women under the rules          |
| 2                                                 | Assam                                             | No reservation provided in the rules              |
| 3                                                 | Bihar                                             | No reservation provided in the rules              |
| 4                                                 | NCT of Delhi                                      | No reservation provided in the rules              |
| 5                                                 | Goa                                               | No reservation for women as per Rules.            |
| 6                                                 | Gujarat                                           | No reservation for women as per Rules.            |
| 7                                                 | Haryana                                           | No reservation for women as per Rules.            |
| 8                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                  | No specific provision in the rules.               |
| 9                                                 | Jammu & Kashmir                                   | Rules unavailable                                 |
| 10                                                | Jharkhand                                         | No specific provision in the rules.               |
| 11                                                | Karnataka                                         | Rules unavailable                                 |
| 12                                                | Kerala                                            | No reservation for women as per Rules.            |
| 13                                                | Madhya Pradesh                                    | No reservation for women as per Rules.            |
| 14                                                | Maharashtra                                       | No specific provision in the rules.               |
| 15                                                | Manipur                                           | No reservation for women as per Rules.            |
| 16                                                | Meghalaya                                         | No reservation for women as per Rules.            |
| 17                                                | Mizoram                                           | No specific provision in the rules.               |
| 18                                                | Nagaland                                          | No specific provision in the rules.               |
| 19                                                | Punjab                                            | No reservation for women as per Rules.            |
| 20                                                | Sikkim                                            | No specific provision in the rules.               |
| 21                                                | Tamil Nadu                                        | No specific provision in the rules.               |
| 22                                                | Telangana                                         | No specific provision in the rules.               |
| 23                                                | Tripura                                           | No specific provision in the rules.               |
| 24                                                | Uttar Pradesh                                     | No specific provision in the rules.               |
| 25                                                | Uttarakhand                                       | No specific provision in the rules.               |
| 26                                                | West Bengal                                       | No specific provision in the rules.               |