Lok Sabha Question No. 192 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Fast Track Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, NISHIKANT  DUBEY

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.192 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 18 th  JULY, 2018

## Fast Track Courts

192.   SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY: SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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

- (a) the total number of Fast Track Courts (FTCs) set up in the country during each of the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the funds allocated to set up these FTCs during the said period, State/UTwise; and
- (c) the amount utilised in the establishment of these courts State/UT-wise along with the amount unspent during the said period, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Setting  up  of  Fast  Track  Courts  (FTCs)  is  the  responsibility  of  the State  Governments  who  set  up  such  Courts  as  per  their  need  and  resources,  in consultation with the concerned High Courts.

In its judgment in Brij Mohan Lal & Others v/s Union of India & Others on 19.04.2012, Supreme Court has endorsed the position of Government of India that continuation of FTCs is within the domain of the States and has directed the States that they need to decide either to bring the FTCs scheme to an end or to continue the same as a permanent feature in the State.  A number of States have continued FTCs beyond 31.03.2011 with their own resources.

The  14 th Finance Commission endorsed the proposal of the Union Government to strengthen the judicial system in States which included, inter-alia, establishing  FTCs  for  cases  of  heinous  crimes;  cases  involving  senior  citizens, women,  children  etc.  The  State  Governments  were  urged  to  use  the  additional fiscal space provided by the Commission in the form of enhanced tax devolution (from  32%  to  42%)  to  meet  such  requirements.  Hence  the  entire  funding  for establishment and operations of the FTCs is being provided by the respective State Governments and utilized by the FTCs.

The  number  of  FTCs  functional  during  each  of  the  last  three  years, State/UT-wise  during  the  period  of  the  14 th Finance  Commission  (2015-20)  is given in the Annexure.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 192 to be answered on 18.07.2018 regarding 'Fast Track Courts'

| NAMEOFTHESTATES/UTS   |   FTCs functional in calendar year 2015 |   FTCs functional in calendar year 2016 |   FTCs functional in calendar year 2017 |
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh        |                                      38 |                                      38 |                                      38 |
| Assam                 |                                       0 |                                       3 |                                       0 |
| Arunachal Pradesh     |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                       0 |
| Bihar                 |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                      55 |
| Chandigarh            |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                       0 |
| Chhattisgarh          |                                       0 |                                      14 |                                      21 |
| Delhi                 |                                      15 |                                      13 |                                      14 |
| Goa                   |                                       3 |                                       5 |                                       4 |
| Gujarat               |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                       0 |
| Haryana               |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                       0 |
| Himachal Pradesh      |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                       0 |
| Jammu &Kashmir        |                                       5 |                                       0 |                                       5 |
| Jharkhand             |                                      11 |                                      12 |                                      14 |
| Karnataka             |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                       0 |
| Kerala                |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                       0 |
| Madhya Pradesh        |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                       0 |
| Maharashtra           |                                      80 |                                     100 |                                     100 |
| Manipur               |                                       2 |                                       0 |                                       3 |
| Meghalaya             |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                       0 |
| Mizoram               |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                       0 |
| Nagaland              |                                       2 |                                       0 |                                       0 |
| Odisha                |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                       0 |
| Punjab                |                                       2 |                                       0 |                                       0 |
| Puducherry            |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                       0 |
| Rajasthan             |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                       0 |
| Sikkim                |                                       1 |                                       1 |                                       2 |
| Tamil Nadu            |                                       0 |                                      39 |                                      69 |
| Telengana             |                                      34 |                                      34 |                                      34 |
| Tripura               |                                       0 |                                       1 |                                       3 |
| Uttar Pradesh         |                                       0 |                                     183 |                                     273 |
| Uttarakhand           |                                       0 |                                       4 |                                       4 |
| West Bengal           |                                      88 |                                      77 |                                      88 |
| Total                 |                                     281 |                                     524 |                                     727 |

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