Lok Sabha Question No. 3952 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Grants for Establishment of Children Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Ritesh Pandey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3952 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 24 TH MARCH, 2023

## GRANTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF CHILDREN COURTS

## 3952. SHRI RITESH PANDEY:

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

- (a) the details of Government's  monetary  sanction  and  allocation for the establishment and maintenance of Children courts during 2019-2022;
- (b) the details of Children courts which are currently in operation;
- (c) the details of Children courts which are currently in the process of sanctioning grants of their establishment; and
- (d) the details of monetary allocation made to the Legal Services Authority (LSA) for establishment and maintenance of observation homes, special homes, Children homes and place of safety and providing legal aid to the children in conflict with law during 2019-2022, year-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a) to (c): Children  court  is  one  of  the  subordinate  court  which  comes  within  the domain of the State Governments who in consultation with their respective High Courts open such courts as per their needs and resources. In pursuance to  the Criminal Law (Amendment)Act, 2018 making the punishment for offences like rape more stringent by including death penalty for rape of a girl below the age of 12 years and the direction of the Supreme Court of India in SuoMoto1/2019 dated 25.07.2019that ' in each district of

the country, if there are more than 100 cases under the POCSO  Act, an exclusive/designated special Court will be set up, which will try no other offence except those under the POCSO Act '.Accordingly, Union of India started a Centrally Sponsored Scheme in October 2019 for setting up of 1023 Fast Track Special Court (FTSC) out of which  389  exclusive  POCSO  (e-POCSO)  Courts  were  earmarked  for  expeditious disposal of cases related to Rape and POCSO Act.

As on date, 28 States and Union Territories (UTs) have joined the scheme. The scheme was initially for one year which has been extended upto March, 2023. As per information  made  available  by  the  High  Courts,  764  FTSCs  including  411  exclusive POCSO courts are operational in 28 States/UTs.

(d): No separate funds are earmarked for any particular legal aid scheme/programme. The  allocation  of  funds  by  the  National  legal  Services  Authority  to  State/UTs  Legal Services Authorities is made on consolidated basis for all legal aid related activities as per  the  Legal  Services  Authorities  Act,  1987.Funds/  grants-in-aid  to  State  Legal Services Authorities are used only for legal aid activities and not for establishment and maintenance of observation homes etc. The statement showing the State wise allotment of funds to the State Legal Services Authorities including Supreme Court Legal Services Committee  &  Mediation  and  Conciliation  Project  Committee  (MCPC)  during  the financial year 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 (upto 10 th March, 2023) is given under Annexure-I

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## Annexure-I

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (D)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3952 FOR ANSWER ON 24.03.2023 REGARDING 'GRANTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF CHILDREN COURTS'.

FUNDS  ALLOCATED  TO  THE  STATE  LEGAL  SERVICES  AUTHORITIES  INCLUDING SUPREME  COURT  LEGAL  SERVICES  COMMITTEE  &  MCPC  DURING  THE  FINANCIAL YEARS 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23 (As on 10.03.2023).

(In rupees)

|   S.No. | Name of SLSA         | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23 (as on 10.03.2023)   |
|---------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh       | 20000000  | 34000000  | 50000000  | 45000000                     |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh    | 20000000  | 10000000  | 14000000  | 25000000                     |
|       3 | Assam                | 30000000  | 37000000  | 64000000  | 66500000                     |
|       4 | Bihar                | 45000000  | 37000000  | 76000000  | 84000000                     |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh         | 60000000  | 39500000  | 52500000  | 66000000                     |
|       6 | Goa                  |           | 5000000   | 1500000   | 2500000                      |
|       7 | Gujarat              | 35000000  | 34500000  | 57500000  | 82000000                     |
|       8 | Haryana              | 90000000  | 45000000  | 65000000  | 74000000                     |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh     | 40000000  | 18500000  | 24500000  | 37000000                     |
|      10 | J & K                | 60000000  | 35000000  | 46500000  | 61000000                     |
|      11 | Jharkhand            | 40000000  | 40000000  | 73500000  | 69000000                     |
|      12 | Karnataka            | 70000000  | 62500000  | 75000000  | 85000000                     |
|      13 | Kerala               | 110000000 | 52500000  | 99000000  | 79500000                     |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh       | 45000000  | 30000000  | 50000000  | 66000000                     |
|      15 | Maharashtra          | 60000000  | 62500000  | 82500000  | 94000000                     |
|      16 | Manipur              | 40000000  | 10000000  | 10500000  | 10000000                     |
|      17 | Meghalaya            | 10000000  | 5000000   | 5000000   | 15000000                     |
|      18 | Mizoram              | 25000000  | 5000000   | 11500000  | 13500000                     |
|      19 | Nagaland             | 25000000  | 5000000   | 11500000  | 16500000                     |
|      20 | Odisha               | 60000000  | 32500000  | 42500000  | 68000000                     |
|      21 | Punjab               | 100000000 | 32500000  | 64000000  | 54500000                     |
|      22 | Rajasthan            | 65000000  | 45500000  | 70000000  | 83500000                     |
|      23 | Sikkim               | 25000000  | 5000000   | 6500000   | 12500000                     |
|      24 | Tamil Nadu           | 50000000  | 42000000  | 60000000  | 74000000                     |
|      25 | Telangana            | 35000000  | 35000000  | 41000000  | 50500000                     |
|      26 | Tripura              | 30000000  | 28000000  | 26500000  | 26000000                     |
|      27 | Uttar Pradesh        | 30000000  | 65000000  | 60000000  | 116000000                    |
|      28 | Uttarakhand          | 20000000  | 25000000  | 25500000  | 30500000                     |
|      29 | West Bengal          | 90000000  | 52000000  | 70000000  | 85000000                     |
|      30 | And. &Nico. Islands  |           |           |           | 500000                       |
|      31 | U.T. Chandigarh      | 10000000  | 8000000   | 5500000   | 5000000                      |
|      32 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |           | 250000    |           |                              |
|      33 | Daman & Diu          |           | 250000    |           |                              |

| 34   | Delhi                                               | 80000000   | 50000000   | 93000000   |   122000000 |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
| 35   | Lakshadweep                                         |            |            |            |      500000 |
| 36   | U.T. Puducherry                                     |            | 1000000    | 2000000    |     7200000 |
| 37   | U.T.Ladakh                                          |            |            | 6500000    |     2500000 |
| 38   | Supreme Court LSC                                   |            | 10000000   | 10000000   |     9000000 |
| 39   | Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee (MCPC) |            |            |            |    12500000 |
|      | TOTAL                                               | 1420000000 | 1000000000 | 1453000000 |  1751200000 |