Lok Sabha Question No. 2180 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Special Court to try Offences against Women
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, S.R. Parthiban, Feroze Varun Gandhi

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

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## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2180

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 4 th  March, 2020

## Special Court to try offences against Women

## 2180.  SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI: SHRI  PARTHIBAN S.R: SHRI  FEROZE VARUN GANDHI :

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

- (a) the details of number of new special courts set up across the country to try sexual offences against women and children so far;
- (b) the details of number of cases registered with the courts, State-wise;
- (c) whether Government is considering to set up 1070 Special Courts all over the  country  for  sexual  offences  against women and children and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  create  awareness  and  assistance programmmes for women and children to encourage them to report the cases and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether Government is considering to set up more courts to deal with other issues  to  reduce  the  pending  cases  in  various  courts  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS, ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) to  (c):  In  furtherance  to  the  Criminal  Law  (Amendment)  Act,  2018, Government has finalized a Scheme for setting up of a total of 1023 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) across the country for expeditious trial and disposal of pending cases related 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.99.43  Crore  has  been released in Financial Year 2019-20 for setting up of 649 numbers of FTSCs. As  per  information  received  from  High  Courts,  the  number  of  functional Fast  Track  Special  Courts  (FTSCs)  upto  January,  2020  is  195  as  given  at Annexure-I.  The details of cases related to rape and POCSO Act, pending upto 31 st December, 2019, States/UTs wise, is given at Annexure-II.

(d): Government has operationalized Emergency Response Support System (ERSS),  a  pan-India,  single,  internationally  recognized  number,  i.e.  112 based system for various emergencies, with computer aided dispatch of field resources to the location of distress, in 28 States/ UTs. Ministry of Home Affairs has undertaken citizen awareness campaigns on 112, including 112 India mobile app, in the print, electronic and digital media.

(e): The 14th Finance Commission has endorsed the proposal of Union of India for setting up of 1800 Fast Track Courts (FTCs) during 2015-20 for dealing with specified nature cases viz cases pertaining to cases of heinous nature,  women,  children,  senior  citizen  and  other  vulnerable  sections  of society  and    civil  cases  of  property  disputes  pending  for  more  than  five years.   The State Governments have been urged to utilize enhanced fiscal space provided through tax devolution (32% to 42%) for the same. There are 828  such  FTCs  functioning  in  the  country  as  on  31-12-2019  as  per information received from High Courts.

## Annexure -I

## Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2180 for 04.03.2020

State  wise  details  of  No.  of  Fast  Track  Special  Courts  (FTSCs)  functional  & established  for  Women  and  Girl  children  under  the  Scheme  of  FTSCs  (January, 2020)

| States         |   No. of FTSCs |
|----------------|----------------|
| Madhya Pradesh |             56 |
| Chhattisgarh   |             15 |
| Delhi          |             16 |
| Tripura        |             03 |
| Jharkhand      |             22 |
| Rajasthan      |             26 |
| Telangana      |             09 |
| Gujarat        |             34 |
| Tamil Nadu     |             14 |
| Total          |            195 |

## ANNEXURE-II

Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2180 for 04.03.2020

| Status of cases related to rape and POCSO Act. (As on 31.12.2019)   | Status of cases related to rape and POCSO Act. (As on 31.12.2019)   |   Status of cases related to rape and POCSO Act. (As on 31.12.2019) |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                                                                   | Andhra Pradesh                                                      |                                                                3897 |
| 2                                                                   | Assam                                                               |                                                                6227 |
| 3                                                                   | Arunachal Pradesh                                                   |                                                                 315 |
| 4                                                                   | Mizoram                                                             |                                                                 357 |
| 5                                                                   | Nagaland                                                            |                                                                  89 |
| 6                                                                   | Maharashtra                                                         |                                                               21691 |
| 7                                                                   | Goa                                                                 |                                                                  34 |
| 8                                                                   | Daman &Diu                                                          |                                                                  13 |
| 9                                                                   | Dadar &Nagar Haveli                                                 |                                                                  27 |
| 10                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                        |                                                                4159 |
| 11                                                                  | West Bengal                                                         |                                                               20511 |
| 12                                                                  | Delhi                                                               |                                                               11418 |
| 13                                                                  | Gujarat                                                             |                                                                8372 |
| 14                                                                  | Haryana                                                             |                                                                3707 |
| 15                                                                  | Punjab                                                              |                                                                1734 |
| 16                                                                  | Chandigarh                                                          |                                                                 113 |
| 17                                                                  | Bihar                                                               |                                                               13924 |
| 18                                                                  | Himachal Pradesh                                                    |                                                                1450 |
| 19                                                                  | J&K                                                                 |                                                                1388 |
| 20                                                                  | Jharkhand                                                           |                                                                4630 |
| 21                                                                  | Kerala                                                              |                                                               10958 |
| 22                                                                  | Lakshadweep                                                         |                                                                  15 |
| 23                                                                  | Karnataka                                                           |                                                                6310 |
| 24                                                                  | Madhya Pradesh                                                      |                                                               19981 |
| 25                                                                  | Meghalaya                                                           |                                                                 864 |
| 26                                                                  | Odisha                                                              |                                                                9471 |
| 27                                                                  | Rajasthan                                                           |                                                               11159 |
| 28                                                                  | Sikkim                                                              |                                                                  93 |
| 29                                                                  | Tamil Nadu                                                          |                                                                5118 |
| 30                                                                  | Tripura                                                             |                                                                 601 |
| 31                                                                  | Telangana                                                           |                                                                6925 |
| 32                                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                                       |                                                               66994 |
| 33                                                                  | Uttarakhand                                                         |                                                                1456 |
|                                                                     | Total                                                               |                                                              244001 |