Lok Sabha Question No. 5248 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Family Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Ramya  Haridas

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5248

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 24 th  JULY, 2019

## Family Courts

## 5248.  MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

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

(a) whether  there  is  a  shortage  of  space,  buildings,  staff  and  other  facilities  in Family  Courts  of  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reaction  of  the Government thereto;

(b) the details of the vacant posts, State-wise; and

(c) the  steps  taken  to  appoint  staff  against  vacant  posts  and  to  improve  working conditions of the staff?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a)-(c): The role and functions of Family Courts are governed by the Family Courts Act, 1984. Family Courts are set up by the State Governments in consultation with the concerned High Courts from their own resources with a view to promote conciliation and to secure speedy settlement of family disputes. Accordingly steps to appoint staff against vacant posts and to improve working conditions of the staff are to be taken by the State Governments in consultation with the concerned High Courts. However the details  of  the  vacant  posts  in  Family  Courts,  State-wise  as  received  from  the  High Courts is as per Annexure .

## ANNEXURE

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT   | No. of Family Courts functional (as on 31.03.2019)   | Total number of vacant posts in the Family Courts of the State/UT   |
|-----------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh         | 14                                                   | 44                                                                  |
| 2.        | Assam                  | 05                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 3.        | Nagaland               | 02                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 4.        | Bihar                  | 39                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh           | 21                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 6.        | Delhi                  | 21                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 7.        | Maharashtra            | 33                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 8.        | Gujarat                | 37                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 9.        | Haryana                | 22                                                   | 10                                                                  |
| 10.       | Punjab                 | 16                                                   | 15                                                                  |
| 11.       | Himachal Pradesh       | 03                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 12.       | Jharkhand              | 19                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 13.       | Karnataka              | 32                                                   | 453                                                                 |
| 14.       | Kerala &Lakshadweep    | 28                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 15.       | Madhya Pradesh         | 58                                                   | 01                                                                  |
| 16.       | Manipur                | 07                                                   | 07                                                                  |
| 17.       | Odisha                 | 25                                                   | 79                                                                  |
| 18.       | Rajasthan              | 39                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 19.       | Sikkim                 | 04                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 20.       | Tamil Nadu             | 30                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 21.       | Puducherry             | 02                                                   | -                                                                   |
| 22.       | Tripura                | 04                                                   | 35                                                                  |
| 23.       | Uttar Pradesh          | 108                                                  | -                                                                   |
| 24.       | Uttarakhand            | 16                                                   | 115                                                                 |
| 25.       | West Bengal            | 03                                                   | 17                                                                  |
| 26.       | Andaman and Nicobar    |                                                      | 03                                                                  |
| 27.       | Telangana              | 16                                                   | -                                                                   |
|           | Total                  | 604                                                  | 779                                                                 |