Lok Sabha Question No. 74 (STARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Fast Track Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Ajay Nishad

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.74

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 26 TH  JUNE, 2019

## Fast Track Courts

## †*74. SHRI AJAY NISHAD:

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

- (a) the details of Fast Track Courts (FTCs) functioning in the country, State/UTwise;
- (b) the  number  of  cases  disposed  of  during  the  last  three  years  along  with  the number of cases pending in these courts at present, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the total funds allocated and spent for setting up of these courts during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to set up more FTCs in the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.74  FOR  26 TH JUNE,  2019  REGARDING FAST TRACK COURTS

(a):  Setting  up  of  subordinate  courts  including  Fast  Track  Courts  (FTCs)  comes within  the  domain  of  the  State  Governments  which  in  consultation  with  the respective  High  Courts  set  up  such  courts.  A  statement  indicating  State-wise number of FTCs reported functional is enclosed as Annexure-I .

(b):   The information on the number of cases disposed of during the last three years and the number of cases presently pending in these courts, as made available by the High Courts, is at Annexure-II .

(c)-(e): An amount of Rs.870 crore was released to the State Governments for FTCs during a period of 11 years from 2000-01 to 2010-2011 and Central funding was discontinued beyond 31.03.2011 . The Central grants released to the States for FTCs from 2000-2001 to 2010-2011 is given as Annexure-III . The Central Government decided to provide funds upto a maximum of Rs.80 crore per annum on a matching basis  upto 31.03.2015 from  the  13 th Finance  Commission  Award  for  meeting expenditure on salaries of the 10% additional positions of Judges being created in the subordinate Judiciary following the direction of Supreme Court in the case of Brij Mohan Lal Vs. Union of India.  The State Governments and Chief Justices of the High Courts were requested to utilize these positions for creation of FTCs also.

The 14 th Finance Commission (14 th FC) endorsed the proposal of the Union of India to strengthen the judicial system  in States which  includes,  inter-alia, establishing 1800 FTCs for a period of five years for cases of heinous crimes; cases involving  senior  citizens,  women,  children,  disabled  and  litigants  affected  with HIV  AIDS  and  other  terminal ailments; and civil disputes involving land acquisition and property/rent disputes pending for more than five years at a cost of Rs.4144 crore which is enclosed as Annexure-IV . The 14 th FC had urged the State Governments to use the additional fiscal space provided by the Commission in the tax  devolution  to  meet  such  requirements.  The  Union  Government  has  urged  the State  Governments  to  allocate  funds  for  the  activities  mentioned  in  the  14 th FC recommendations  from  their  State  budgets  from  the  Financial  Year  2015-16 onwards  and  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 details of funds allocated by the State/UT Governments and their expenditure for setting up and running these courts during each of the last three years and the current year State/UT-wise is not maintained at Central Government level.

## ANNEXURE-I

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 74 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.06.2019

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT             |   No. of FTCs functional (as on 31.03.2019) |
|-----------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh                   |                                          21 |
| 2.        | Assam                            |                                          03 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh                |                                           0 |
| 4.        | Mizoram                          |                                          02 |
| 5.        | Nagaland                         |                                           0 |
| 6.        | Bihar                            |                                          45 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                     |                                          23 |
| 8.        | Delhi                            |                                          14 |
| 9.        | Goa                              |                                           0 |
| 10.       | Maharashtra                      |                                          77 |
| 11.       | Gujarat                          |                                           0 |
| 12.       | Haryana                          |                                          05 |
| 13.       | Punjab                           |                                           0 |
| 14.       | Chandigarh                       |                                           0 |
| 15.       | Himachal Pradesh                 |                                           0 |
| 16.       | Jammu &Kashmir                   |                                           0 |
| 17.       | Jharkhand                        |                                           0 |
| 18.       | Karnataka                        |                                           0 |
| 19.       | Kerala &Lakshadweep              |                                           0 |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh                   |                                           0 |
| 21.       | Manipur                          |                                          04 |
| 22.       | Meghalaya                        |                                           0 |
| 23.       | Odisha                           |                                           0 |
| 24.       | Rajasthan                        |                                           0 |
| 25.       | Sikkim                           |                                          02 |
| 26.       | Tamil Nadu                       |                                          50 |
| 27.       | Puducherry                       |                                           0 |
| 28.       | Tripura                          |                                          03 |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh                    |                                         206 |
| 30.       | Uttarakhand                      |                                           0 |
| 31.       | West Bengal &Andaman and Nicobar |                                          88 |
| 32.       | Telangana                        |                                          38 |
| 33.       | Daman &Diu                       |                                           0 |
| 34.       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli              |                                           0 |
| Total     | Total                            |                                         581 |

## ANNEXURE-II

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 74 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.06.2019

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State/UT             |   No. of FTCs functional (as on 31.03.2019) | Cases disposed off in FTCs during 2016     | Cases disposed off in FTCs during 2017        | Cases disposed off in FTCs during 2018        | Cases pending in FTCs   |
|-----------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh                   |                                          21 | 1861                                       | 2615                                          | 2504                                          | 5364 as on 30.04.2019   |
|         2 | Assam                            |                                          03 | -                                          | 2990                                          | 2314                                          | 2042 as on 31.05.2019   |
|         3 | Maharashtra                      |                                          77 | 30153                                      | 35046                                         | 32807                                         | 79436 as on 31.03.2019  |
|         4 | West Bengal &Andaman and Nicobar |                                          88 | 12351                                      | 15482                                         | 16358                                         | 46678 as on 31.05.2019  |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh                     |                                          23 | -                                          | 3840                                          | 3862                                          | 4989 as on 31.05.2019   |
|         6 | Manipur                          |                                          04 | 675 cases disposed during last three years | 675 cases disposed during last three years    | 675 cases disposed during last three years    | 311 as on 31.03.2019    |
|         7 | Bihar                            |                                          45 | -                                          | 5889                                          | 11525                                         | 20092 as on 31.05.2019  |
|         8 | Delhi                            |                                          14 | 1295                                       | 1487                                          | 1559                                          | 4363 as on 31.03.2019   |
|         9 | Haryana                          |                                          05 | -                                          | -                                             | 166                                           | 801 as on 30.04.2019    |
|        10 | Sikkim                           |                                          02 | -                                          | 03                                            | 09                                            | 11 as on 31.03.2019     |
|        11 | Tripura                          |                                          03 | 897 cases disposed during last three years | 897 cases disposed during last three years    | 897 cases disposed during last three years    | 1085 as on 31.03.2019   |
|        12 | Uttar Pradesh                    |                                         206 | -                                          | 456477 cases disposed of during 2017 and 2018 | 456477 cases disposed of during 2017 and 2018 | 425442 as on 31.05.2019 |

## ANNEXURE-III

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) AND (d) OF THE  LOK   SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.74 FOR 26.06.2019

Central Grants released to States for Fast Track Courts from 2000-01 to 2010-11 (Rs. In lakh)

|        |                   |                                    | Central Grant released by Department of Justice   | Central Grant released by Department of Justice   | Central Grant released by Department of Justice   | Central Grant released by Department of Justice   | Central Grant released by Department of Justice   | Central Grant released by Department of Justice   |             |
|--------|-------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------|
| Sl. No | Name of the state | Released from 2000-01 to 2004-05 * | 2005-06                                           | 2006-07                                           | 2007-08                                           | 2008-09                                           | 2009-10                                           | 2010-11                                           | Grand Total |
| 1      | 2                 | 3                                  | 4                                                 | 5                                                 | 6                                                 | 7                                                 | 8                                                 | 9                                                 | 10          |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 2250.00                            | 550.50                                            | 412.80                                            | 412.80                                            | 142.40                                            | -                                                 | 1096.00                                           | 4864.50     |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh | 52.69                              | 19.20                                             | 14.40                                             | 14.40                                             | 14.40                                             | 14.40                                             | 14.40                                             | 143.89      |
| 3      | Assam             | 530.10                             | 128.00                                            | 96.00                                             | 96.00                                             | 91.20                                             | 96.00                                             | 96.00                                             | 1133.30     |
| 4      | Bihar             | 4766.40                            | 960.30                                            | 720.00                                            | 720.00                                            | 720.00                                            | 720.00                                            | 720.00                                            | 9326.70     |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      | 791.10                             | 198.40                                            | 129.60                                            | 129.60                                            | 148.80                                            | 148.80                                            | 129.60                                            | 1675.90     |
| 6      | Goa               | 125.10                             | 32.00                                             | 24.00                                             | 24.00                                             | 19.20                                             | 14.40                                             | 24.00                                             | 262.70      |
| 7      | Gujarat           | 3226.68                            | 1062.80                                           | 1355.90                                           | 571.20                                            | 580.80                                            | -                                                 | 777.60                                            | 7574.98     |
| 8      | Haryana           | 422.31                             | 102.40                                            | 33.60                                             | 67.20                                             | 38.40                                             | 76.80                                             | 67.20                                             | 807.90      |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh  | 108.59                             | 57.60                                             | 43.57                                             | 0                                                 | 38.40                                             | 43.20                                             | 43.20                                             | 334.56      |
| 10     | J & K             | 300.60                             | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | 300.60      |
| 11     | Jharkhand         | 2319.30                            | 569.80                                            | 226.00                                            | 190.17                                            | 249.60                                            | 196.80                                            | 192.00                                            | 3943.67     |
| 12     | Karnataka         | 2431.80                            | 595.40                                            | 610.80                                            | 230.40                                            | 182.40                                            | 446.40                                            | 441.60                                            | 4938.80     |
| 13     | Kerala            | 815.25                             | 198.40                                            | 148.80                                            | 148.80                                            | 148.80                                            | 148.80                                            | 148.80                                            | 1757.65     |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh    | 2223.90                            | 422.50                                            | 215.40                                            | 259.80                                            | 312.00                                            | 316.80                                            | 316.80                                            | 4067.20     |
| 15     | Maharashtra       | 4352.40                            | 1197.20                                           | 1101.60                                           | 782.40                                            | 417.60                                            | 412.80                                            | 537.60                                            | 8801.60     |
| 16     | Manipur           | 90.00                              | 12.80                                             | 9.60                                              | 9.60                                              | 9.60                                              | 9.60                                              | 9.60                                              | 150.80      |
| 17     | Meghalaya         | 90.00                              | 19.20                                             | 14.40                                             | 0                                                 | 28.80                                             | -                                                 | 28.80                                             | 181.20      |
| 18     | Mizoram           | 90.00                              | 19.20                                             | 17.68                                             | 14.40                                             | 14.40                                             | 14.40                                             | 14.40                                             | 184.48      |
| 19     | Nagaland          | 54.90                              | 12.80                                             | 18.18                                             | 9.60                                              | 9.60                                              | 9.60                                              | 9.60                                              | 124.28      |
| 20     | Orissa            | 1866.60                            | 262.40                                            | 196.80                                            | 158.40                                            | 158.40                                            | 168.00                                            | 168.00                                            | 2978.60     |
| 21     | Punjab            | 746.10                             | 115.20                                            | 48.00                                             | 51.20                                             | 0                                                 | 163.20                                            | 81.60                                             | 1205.30     |
| 22     | Rajasthan         | 2238.05                            | 531.40                                            | 753.64                                            | 398.40                                            | 398.40                                            | 398.40                                            | 398.40                                            | 5116.69     |
| 23     | Sikkim            | 29.70                              | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | 29.70       |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu        | 1151.90                            | 313.70                                            | 235.20                                            | 235.20                                            | 0                                                 | 470.40                                            | 235.20                                            | 2641.60     |
| 25     | Tripura           | 73.80                              | 19.20                                             | 3.80                                              | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 11.56                                             | 0                                                 | 108.36      |
| 26     | Uttar Pradesh     | 6319.80                            | 288.00                                            | 3075.69                                           | 495.52                                            | 1161.60                                           | 1161.60                                           | 1094.40                                           | 13596.6 1   |
| 27     | Uttarakhand       | 1173.60                            | 1549.80                                           | 216.00                                            | 129.60                                            | 0                                                 | -                                                 | 99.62                                             | 3168.62     |
| 28     | West Bengal       | 3972.60                            | 761.80                                            | 571.20                                            | 571.20                                            | 571.20                                            | 571.20                                            | 571.20                                            | 7590.40     |
|        | Total             | 42613.27                           | 10000.00                                          | 10292.66                                          | 5719.89                                           | 5456.00                                           | 5613.16                                           | 7315.62                                           | 87010.6     |

*Grants released to the States from 2000-01 to 2004-2005 by Ministry of Finance

## ANNEXURE-IV

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (d)  and  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.74 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.06. 2019

Funds proposed for establishment of 1800 Fast Track Courts for a period of five  years (20152020) under Grants-in-Aid as endorsed by the 14 th Finance Commission.

(Rs. in crore)

| S.No   | Name of the State            |   No. of FTCs proposed |   Funds proposed |
|--------|------------------------------|------------------------|------------------|
| 1.     | Andhra Pradesh               |                     47 |           108.21 |
| 2.     | Telangana                    |                     37 |            85.18 |
| 3.     | Assam                        |                     36 |            82.88 |
| 4.     | Arunachal Pradesh            |                      0 |             0    |
| 5.     | Mizoram                      |                     07 |            16.12 |
| 6.     | Nagaland                     |                     03 |             6.91 |
| 7.     | Bihar                        |                    147 |           338.43 |
| 8.     | Chhattisgarh                 |                     28 |            64.46 |
| 9.     | Gujarat                      |                    174 |           400.59 |
| 10.    | Himachal Pradesh             |                     13 |            29.93 |
| 11.    | Jammu &Kashmir               |                     21 |            48.35 |
| 12.    | Jharkhand                    |                     50 |           115.11 |
| 13.    | Karnataka                    |                     95 |           218.72 |
| 14.    | Kerala, Lakshadweep          |                     41 |            94.39 |
| 15.    | Madhya Pradesh               |                    133 |           306.2  |
| 16.    | Maharashtra, D&N, Daman &Diu |                    204 |           469.67 |
| 17.    | Goa                          |                     05 |            11.51 |
| 18.    | Manipur                      |                     03 |             6.91 |
| 19.    | Meghalaya                    |                     04 |             9.21 |
| 20.    | Orissa                       |                     63 |           145.04 |
| 21.    | Punjab                       |                     50 |           115.11 |
| 22.    | Chandigarh                   |                     02 |             4.61 |
| 22.    | Haryana                      |                     48 |           110.51 |
| 23.    | Rajasthan                    |                     93 |           214.11 |
| 24.    | Sikkim                       |                     01 |             2.3  |
| 25.    | Tamil Nadu, Puducherry       |                     89 |           204.91 |
| 26.    | Tripura                      |                     09 |            20.72 |
| 27.    | Uttar Pradesh                |                    212 |           488.08 |
| 28.    | Uttarakhand                  |                     28 |            64.46 |
| 29.    | West Bengal, A&N Islands     |                     94 |           216.42 |
| 30.    | Delhi                        |                     63 |           145.05 |
| Total  | Total                        |                   1800 |          4144.11 |