Lok Sabha Question No. 5076 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Special Courts for Crime against Women
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE)

## L O K    S A B H A UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5076

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 5TH APRIL, 2017

Special Courts for Crime against Women

## 5076. SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

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

- (a) whether Government has set up special courts for hearing of rape cases separately;
- (b) if so, the number of such courts in the country, State-wise;
- (c) if not, whether the Government considers to set up such courts for speedy hearing of rape cases; and
- (d) the number of rape/sexual harassment cases registered in the country during the last three years, State/UT-wise?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (c): Setting up of the Subordinate Courts including special courts for  hearing of rape cases  lies  within the domain of the  State Governments which in consultation with the High Courts may set up such courts.  The Government of India proposed setting up of 1800 Fast Track Courts (FTCs) as a component of its Memorandum to the 14th Finance Commission to dispose cases pertaining to heinous crimes including those of rape. The 14th  Finance Commission noted that the proposal of the Government was arrived at after an  extensive  consultation  process  with  the  States  and  endorsed  the  proposal  of  the Government  for    incurring  Rs.4144  crore  and  setting  up  of  additional  1800  FTCs  for  a period of five years (2015-20).   Tha 14 th  FC further urged the State Governments to use the additional  fiscal  space  provided  by  the  Commission  in  the  tax  devolution  to  meet  such requirements.

The Hon'ble  Prime Minister vide his letter dated 23 rd  April, 2015 has urged the State Governments to allocate funds for the activities mentioned in the 14 th  FC recommendations  from  their  State  budget  from  2015-16  onwards.  Further,  this issue was also discussed in the CM/CJ Conferences held 5 th  April, 2015 and on 24 th April,  2016  wherein  it  was  resolved  to  strengthen  the  existing  coordination  and monitoring  mechanism  between  the  State  Governments  and  the  Judiciary  for effective implementation of the recommendations of the 14 th  FC. The Minister of Law  and  Justice  has  also  urged  vide  letters  dated  03 rd   June,  2015  and  26 th September, 2016 to all the Chief Ministers of the States and Chief Justices of High the

Courts to implement the resolution of the Conference including recommendations of the 14 th  FC. (d): Information is not maintained centrally. However, as per the information furnished by  National  Crime  Records  Bureau,  the  State/UT  wise  cases  registered  in  the  country during the last  three years is given as  Annexure-I.

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State/UT-wise cases registered under various sexual crimes during 2013-2015

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | Rape   |   Rape |   Rape | Attempt to commit Rape (section 376/511   | Attempt to commit Rape (section 376/511   | Attempt to commit Rape (section 376/511   | Assault on Womenwith intent to outrage her Modesty (section 354 IPC)   | Assault on Womenwith intent to outrage her Modesty (section 354 IPC)   |   Assault on Womenwith intent to outrage her Modesty (section 354 IPC) | Insult to the Modesty of Women(section 509 IPC)   |   Insult to the Modesty of Women(section 509 IPC) |   Insult to the Modesty of Women(section 509 IPC) | Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012*   |   Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012* |   Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012* |
|-----------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | 2013   |   2014 |   2015 | 20 13                                     | 20 14                                     | 20 15                                     | 2013                                                                   | 2014                                                                   |                                                                   2015 | 2013                                              |                                              2014 |                                              2015 | 20 13                                                    |                                                     2014 |                                                     2015 |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 1635   |    961 |   1027 | -                                         | 165                                       | 206                                       | 6930                                                                   | 4547                                                                   |                                                                   4616 | 4702                                              |                                              2649 |                                              2200 | -                                                        |                                                      106 |                                                      237 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 75     |     83 |     71 | -                                         | 10                                        | 12                                        | 93                                                                     | 121                                                                    |                                                                    101 | 3                                                 |                                                 3 |                                                 2 | -                                                        |                                                        5 |                                                       12 |
| 3         | Assam             | 1937   |   1980 |   1733 | -                                         | 227                                       | 499                                       | 2409                                                                   | 3099                                                                   |                                                                   4293 | 14                                                |                                                 1 |                                               111 | -                                                        |                                                      311 |                                                      731 |
| 4         | Bihar             | 1128   |   1127 |   1041 | -                                         | 484                                       | 403                                       | 331                                                                    | 572                                                                    |                                                                    198 | 52                                                |                                                69 |                                                96 | -                                                        |                                                       57 |                                                       60 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 1380   |   1436 |   1560 | -                                         | 21                                        | 19                                        | 2261                                                                   | 2122                                                                   |                                                                   1868 | 180                                               |                                                79 |                                                53 | -                                                        |                                                      417 |                                                     1164 |
| 6         | Goa               | 86     |     95 |     86 | -                                         | 2                                         | 0                                         | 162                                                                    | 202                                                                    |                                                                    150 | 54                                                |                                                57 |                                                34 | -                                                        |                                                        4 |                                                        0 |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 732    |    841 |    503 | -                                         | 6                                         | 3                                         | 1243                                                                   | 1352                                                                   |                                                                   1164 | 77                                                |                                               173 |                                                73 | -                                                        |                                                      118 |                                                     1416 |
| 8         | Haryana           | 971    |   1174 |   1070 | -                                         | 136                                       | 105                                       | 1560                                                                   | 1688                                                                   |                                                                   1886 | 643                                               |                                               102 |                                                90 | -                                                        |                                                        3 |                                                      440 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 250    |    283 |    244 | -                                         | 5                                         | 1                                         | 493                                                                    | 538                                                                    |                                                                    434 | 111                                               |                                                60 |                                                58 | -                                                        |                                                       22 |                                                        3 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 378    |    331 |    296 | -                                         | 20                                        | 21                                        | 1389                                                                   | 1421                                                                   |                                                                   1343 | 354                                               |                                               237 |                                               175 | -                                                        |                                                        0 |                                                        0 |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 1204   |   1050 |   1053 | -                                         | 208                                       | 202                                       | 524                                                                    | 440                                                                    |                                                                    844 | 18                                                |                                                18 |                                                10 | -                                                        |                                                       31 |                                                      141 |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 1030   |   1324 |    589 | -                                         | 22                                        | 16                                        | 3913                                                                   | 5263                                                                   |                                                                   5112 | 137                                               |                                               170 |                                               154 | -                                                        |                                                      620 |                                                     1480 |
| 13        | Kerala            | 1221   |   1347 |   1256 | -                                         | 36                                        | 30                                        | 4362                                                                   | 4367                                                                   |                                                                   3987 | 404                                               |                                               257 |                                               267 | -                                                        |                                                      439 |                                                      516 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 4335   |   5076 |   4391 | -                                         | 56                                        | 57                                        | 8252                                                                   | 9609                                                                   |                                                                   8049 | 736                                               |                                               429 |                                               390 | -                                                        |                                                      126 |                                                     1687 |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 3063   |   3438 |   4144 | -                                         | 15                                        | 13                                        | 8132                                                                   | 10001                                                                  |                                                                  11713 | 2632                                              |                                              1575 |                                              1119 | -                                                        |                                                      190 |                                                       26 |
| 16        | Manipur           | 72     |     75 |     46 | -                                         | 1                                         | 1                                         | 59                                                                     | 98                                                                     |                                                                     84 | 0                                                 |                                                 0 |                                                 2 | -                                                        |                                                        7 |                                                       25 |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 183    |    118 |     93 | -                                         | 26                                        | 23                                        | 98                                                                     | 105                                                                    |                                                                     95 | 0                                                 |                                                54 |                                                20 | -                                                        |                                                       48 |                                                      118 |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 89     |    120 |     58 | -                                         | 1                                         | 6                                         | 81                                                                     | 97                                                                     |                                                                     75 | 0                                                 |                                                29 |                                                 2 | -                                                        |                                                       42 |                                                      114 |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 31     |     30 |     35 | -                                         | 3                                         | 1                                         | 18                                                                     | 16                                                                     |                                                                      8 | 1                                                 |                                                 1 |                                                 9 | -                                                        |                                                        0 |                                                        5 |
| 20        | Odisha            | 1832   |   1978 |   2251 | -                                         | 33                                        | 137                                       | 4618                                                                   | 5543                                                                   |                                                                   6499 | 426                                               |                                               379 |                                               472 | -                                                        |                                                      109 |                                                       19 |
| 21        | Punjab            | 888    |    981 |    886 | -                                         | 154                                       | 128                                       | 1045                                                                   | 1113                                                                   |                                                                   1123 | 67                                                |                                                35 |                                                27 | -                                                        |                                                       25 |                                                       18 |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 3285   |   3759 |   3644 | -                                         | 373                                       | 407                                       | 4829                                                                   | 5999                                                                   |                                                                   4813 | 25                                                |                                                18 |                                                 9 | -                                                        |                                                      191 |                                                      222 |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 43     |     47 |      5 | -                                         | 9                                         | 1                                         | 29                                                                     | 34                                                                     |                                                                     21 | 0                                                 |                                                 3 |                                                 2 | -                                                        |                                                       23 |                                                       54 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 923    |    455 |    421 | -                                         | 16                                        | 29                                        | 1271                                                                   | 1102                                                                   |                                                                   1163 | 313                                               |                                               229 |                                                20 | -                                                        |                                                     1055 |                                                     1544 |
| 25        | Telangana         |        |    979 |   1105 | -                                         | 73                                        | 43                                        |                                                                        | 3188                                                                   |                                                                   3608 |                                                   |                                              1142 |                                              1288 | -                                                        |                                                       25 |                                                      264 |
| 26        | Tripura           | 233    |    239 |    213 | -                                         | 35                                        | 38                                        | 407                                                                    | 492                                                                    |                                                                    352 | 7                                                 |                                                11 |                                                 6 | -                                                        |                                                       32 |                                                        0 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 3050   |   3467 |   3025 | -                                         | 324                                       | 422                                       | 7303                                                                   | 8605                                                                   |                                                                   7885 | 25                                                |                                                29 |                                                11 | -                                                        |                                                     3637 |                                                     3078 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 228    |    270 |    283 | -                                         | 41                                        | 10                                        | 295                                                                    | 343                                                                    |                                                                    318 | 72                                                |                                                 4 |                                                12 | -                                                        |                                                       74 |                                                       99 |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 1685   |   1466 |   1199 | -                                         | 165 6                                     | 155 1                                     | 4913                                                                   | 5670                                                                   |                                                                   5069 | 577                                               |                                               543 |                                               455 | -                                                        |                                                     1058 |                                                     1289 |
|           | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 31967  |  34530 |  32328 | -                                         | 41 58                                     | 43 84                                     | 67020                                                                  | 7774 7                                                                 |                                                                  76871 | 11630                                             |                                              8356 |                                              7167 | -                                                        |                                                     8775 |                                                    14762 |
| 30        | A &NIslands       | 27     |     32 |     36 | -                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 45                                                                     | 41                                                                     |                                                                     57 | 8                                                 |                                                 5 |                                                 5 | -                                                        |                                                        0 |                                                        1 |
| 31        | Chandigarh        | 45     |     59 |     72 | -                                         | 6                                         | 6                                         | 143                                                                    | 87                                                                     |                                                                     76 | 26                                                |                                                 2 |                                                10 | -                                                        |                                                        0 |                                                        1 |
| 32        | D&NHaveli         | 5      |      5 |      8 | -                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 1                                                                      | 2                                                                      |                                                                      5 | 1                                                 |                                                 1 |                                                 0 | -                                                        |                                                        0 |                                                       13 |
| 33        | Daman &Diu        | 8      |      2 |      5 | -                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 2                                                                      | 3                                                                      |                                                                      7 | 0                                                 |                                                 0 |                                                 0 | -                                                        |                                                        0 |                                                        4 |
| 34        | Delhi UT          | 1636   |   2096 |   2199 | -                                         | 70                                        | 46                                        | 3515                                                                   | 4322                                                                   |                                                                   5367 | 916                                               |                                              1361 |                                              1492 | -                                                        |                                                      107 |                                                       86 |

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| 35   | Lakshadweep       |     2 |     1 |     0 | -   | 0     | 0     |     1 |     1 |     6 |     0 |    2 |    1 | -   |    1 |     1 |
|------|-------------------|-------|-------|-------|-----|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------|------|-----|------|-------|
| 36   | Puducherry        |    17 |    10 |     3 | -   | 0     | 1     |    12 |    32 |    33 |     8 |    8 |   10 | -   |   21 |    45 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |  1740 |  2205 |  2323 | -   | 76    | 53    |  3719 |  4488 |  5551 |   959 | 1379 | 1518 | -   |  129 |   151 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 33707 | 36735 | 34651 | -   | 42 34 | 44 37 | 70739 | 82235 | 82422 | 12589 | 9735 | 8685 | -   | 8904 | 14913 |

Source: Crime in India

Note:  * data started collection since 2014.