Lok Sabha Question No. 2856 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-11
Subject: Special Court to deal with Crime against Women
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Raja Amareshwara Naik, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Bhola Singh, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Sukanta Majumdar

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

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## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2856

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 11 th  March, 2020

## Special Court to deal with Crime against Women

## 2856. SH. RAJAAMARESHWARA  NAIK:

DR. JAYANTA  KUMAR  ROY:

SHRIMATI  SANGEETA  KUMARI  SINGH  DEO;

SH. BHOLA SINGH:

SH.VINOD  KUMAR  SONKAR:

DR.  SUKANTA  MAJUMDAR

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

- (a) whether the Special courts dealing with the crimes against children and women are functioning in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of such courts including number of cases pending/disposed of by these courts during the last three years, 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;
- (e) whether the Government also intends to appoint women judges/prosecutors in such courts and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the other steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## 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  14 th 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 functio nal (as on 31.12 2019) | Cases dispose d off in FTCs during 2017   | Cases dispose d 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 | Maharashtr a                     |                                           91 | 35046                                     | 32807                                     |                                                     98173 |                                     107491 |
|          4 | West Bengal& Andaman and Nicobar |                                           88 | 15482                                     | 16358                                     |                                                     15527 |                                      49723 |
|          5 | Chhattisgar h                    |                                           38 | 3840                                      | 3862                                      |                                                      4522 |                                       6882 |
|          6 | Manipur                          |                                           04 | 675 during last 3 yrs                     | 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               | 897 during last three years               |                                                       412 |                                        937 |
|         12 | Uttar Pradesh                    |                                          368 | 456477 cases disposed of during           | 456477 cases disposed of during           |                                                    318989 |                                     405127 |
|         13 | Mizoram                          |                                           02 |                                           |                                           |                                                       276 |                                        154 |
|         14 | Jammu& Kashmir                   |                                           05 |                                           |                                           |                                                        47 |                                        876 |
|         15 | Tamilnadu                        |                                           74 |                                           |                                           |                                                     11841 |                                       6036 |

|   16 | Telangana    |   29 |    |   6996 |   9950 |
|------|--------------|------|----|--------|--------|
|   17 | Uttarakhan d |    4 | -  |     83 |    567 |

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