Lok Sabha Question No. 3774 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-25
Subject: Fast Track Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

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

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## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

## 3774

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 25 th  MARCH, 2022

## Fast Track Courts

## 3774. SHRI  M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of Law and Justice be pleased to state:

(a) the number of Fast Track Courts (FTCs) for trying cases of heinous crimes and Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) for rape and Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act cases functional in the country at present;

(b)  the  details  of  these  courts  along  with  the  details  of  cases  pending  and disposed  of  by  them  during  the  last  five  years  including  the  current  year, State/UT-wise;

(c) the number of FTCs and FTSCs set up during last five years including the current year along with fund allocated/spent for the purpose;

(d) whether some States have not shown interest in setting up FTCs and FTSCs or have discontinued them after sometime; and

(e)  if  so,  the  details  of  such  States  along  with  the  reason  given  for  it  by  the concerned States?

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

(a) As per information provided by the High Courts, 915 Fast Track Courts (FTCs)  are  functional  as  on  31.01.2022.  There  are  712  Fast  Track  Special Courts  (FTSCs)  existing  as  on  28.02.2022  for  cases  related  to  rape  and Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act.

(b)  to  (e):  As  regards  setting  up  of  FTCs  and  allocation  of  funds  thereto  is concerned, it lies within the domain of the State Governments who set up such courts as per their need and resources, in consultation with their respective High Courts. Central funding for FTC's have been discontinued after 31.03.2015. The 14 th Finance  Commission  had  urged  State  Governments  to  utilize  enhanced fiscal space available through tax devolution (32% to 42%)for this purpose.Information on funds allocated and utilized for setting up these Courts by States is not maintained centrally. The details of cases pending and disposed of by FTCs during the last five years including the current year, State/UT-wise, is given at Annexure-I .  The number of FTCs functional during last five years including the current year is given at Annexure-II.

As regards FTSCs are concerned, the Central Government has started a Centrally Sponsored Schemefor setting up of 1023 FTSCs in 31 States/UTs for expeditious  trial  and  disposal  of  cases  related  to  rape  and  POCSO  Act,  in pursuance  to  the  Criminal  Law  (Amendment)  Act  2018  and  the  direction  of Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in Suo Moto 1/2019 dated 25.7.2019.  Initially, the Scheme was for 1 year which has now been continuedup to 31.03.2023.  As per  information  received  from  the  High  Courts,712 FTSCs  including  399 exclusive POCSO  Courts are operationalized in 27 States/UTs as on 28.02.2022. State of Goa has consented but is yet to operationalize earmarked FTSCs.  08  States  viz.Andhra  Pradesh,  Assam,  Bihar,  Karnataka,  Kerala, Maharashtra,  Odisha  and  Telangana  have  partially  operationalized  earmarked FTSCs while3 States/UT (West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh and A&N Islands) are yet to join the scheme. As informed by the State of West Bengal and High Court of  Calcutta,  the  matter  relating  to  setting  up  FTSCs  in  West  Bengal  is under  active  consideration  of  the  Administrative  Committee  of  the  Calcutta High Court. State of Arunachal Pradesh has not joined the scheme for the time being  as  they  have  less  number  of  cases.  The  UT  Administration  of  A&N Islands has taken up the issue of creation of post for Judicial Officer as well as supporting staff to be posted to earmarked FTSC.

In  respect  of  FTSCs,  Central  Government  has  released  to  various States/UTs Rs.140 Cr. in FY 2019-20, Rs.160 Cr. in FY 2020-21 and Rs.110.09 Cr. in FY 2021-22 till 22.03.2022. The details of number of FTSCs set up, cases pending, cases disposed along with funds released is given at Annexure-III .

## Annexure as referred in Reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3774 Status of FTCs - Cases pending and disposed during last five years including current year (State/UT wise)

## Annexure-I

| S.NO.   | State/UT       | 2018                       | 2018                           | 2019                       | 2019                           | 2020                       | 2020                           | 2021                       | 2021                           | 2022                       | 2022                           |
|---------|----------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
| S.NO.   | State/UT       | Cases Pending (31.12.2018) | Cases Disposed during the Year | Cases Pending (31.12.2019) | Cases Disposed during the Year | Cases Pending (31.12.2020) | Cases Disposed during the Year | Cases Pending (31.12.2021) | Cases Disposed during the Year | Cases Pending (31.01.2022) | Cases Disposed during Jan 2022 |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh | 8179                       | 3949                           | 33430                      | 5456                           | 30577                      | 1177                           | 6153                       | 312                            | 6153                       | 26                             |
| 2       | Assam          | 1977                       | 2314                           | 21235                      | 3173                           | 41062                      | 2615                           | 9942                       | 3780                           | 10071                      | 658                            |
| 3       | Bihar          | 23055                      | 11525                          | 142272                     | 14595                          | 35921                      | 1759                           | 0                          | 1603                           |                            | 0                              |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh   | 4999                       | 3862                           | 37792                      | 9392                           | 33143                      | 2877                           | 6060                       | 5324                           | 6241                       | 262                            |
| 5       | Delhi          | 1035                       | 638                            | 74904                      | 19841                          | 13086                      | 393                            | 2776                       | 223                            | 2695                       | 17                             |
| 6       | Gujarat        | 0                          | 0                              | 53951                      | 14318                          | 13187                      | 462                            | 5633                       | 37102                          | 5658                       | 372                            |
| 7       | Goa            | 1298                       | 10430                          | 0                          | 0                              | 1640                       | 130                            | 0                          | 59974                          | 1715                       | 825                            |
| 8       | Haryana        | 3337                       | 768                            | 91966                      | 23348                          | 3050                       | 825                            | 856                        | 899                            | 765                        | 27                             |
| 9       | Himachal       | 0                          | 0                              | 23818                      | 9388                           | 0                          | 0                              | 0                          | 5                              | 0                          | 0                              |
| 10      | Jammu& Kashmir | 0                          | 0                              | 0                          | 0                              | 1191                       | 27                             | 620                        | 391                            | 627                        | 0                              |
| 11      | Jharkhand      | 4604                       | 1946                           | 32585                      | 6244                           | 20038                      | 624                            | 1009                       | 861                            | 6795                       | 101                            |
| 12      | Karnataka      | 0                          | 0                              | 60852                      | 11722                          | 8466                       | 210                            | 3962                       | 2051                           | 4006                       | 166                            |

| 13   | Kerala         |      0 |      0 |   152782 |   27872 |   11523 |    217 |    7653 |   2333 |    4405 |   193 |
|------|----------------|--------|--------|----------|---------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-------|
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh |      0 |      0 |    97150 |   18732 |     151 |      1 |       0 |      0 |       0 |     0 |
| 15   | Maharashtra    |  81104 | 160641 |   253655 |   59279 |  674824 |  63470 |  130868 | 114254 |  130474 |  7250 |
| 16   | Manipur        |    719 |    190 |     2004 |     541 |    1686 |     45 |     430 |  73081 |     446 |    11 |
| 17   | Meghalaya      |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |       0 |      0 |       0 |     11 |       0 |     0 |
| 18   | Mizoram        |    149 |    215 |      313 |     130 |     841 |    179 |     207 |   1758 |     219 |    10 |
| 19   | Nagaland       |     03 |     08 |      147 |      89 |     119 |      3 |       0 |      3 |       0 |     0 |
| 20   | Odisha         |      0 |      0 |    70073 |    6664 |       0 |      0 |    3244 |    234 |    3533 |    97 |
| 21   | Punjab         |      0 |      0 |    80386 |   24854 |    2248 |     85 |     300 |    471 |     289 |    26 |
| 22   | Puducherry     |      0 |      0 |     1155 |     126 |       0 |      0 |       0 |      0 |       0 |     0 |
| 23   | Rajasthan      |      0 |      0 |    77530 |   22346 |       0 |      0 |      23 |     32 |       0 |     0 |
| 24   | Sikkim         |     12 |     19 |      261 |     114 |      65 |      5 |       0 |      5 |      20 |     0 |
| 25   | Tamil Nadu     |  62916 |  14911 |   188183 |   18083 |  449359 |   9389 |   97262 |   7865 |   97962 |   612 |
| 26   | Telangana      |   7948 |   1694 |    41841 |    5044 |   40510 |   1525 |   12063 |   2849 |   12381 |   363 |
| 27   | Tripura        |   1456 |   1423 |     5747 |    1399 |    6186 |    100 |    1607 |    347 |    1605 |    51 |
| 28   | Uttar Pradesh  | 410718 | 234182 |  1435186 |  329345 | 2097151 | 148466 |  732759 |  86013 |  748439 | 10094 |
| 29   | Uttarakhand    |    886 |    562 |    22615 |    6215 |    3556 |    170 |     763 |    215 |     765 |    13 |
| 30   | West Bengal    |  44231 |  16358 |    95923 |    7753 |  214879 |   5202 |   61335 |   3172 |   66620 |   980 |
|      | Total          | 658626 | 465635 |  3097756 |  646063 | 3704459 | 239956 | 1085525 | 405168 | 1111884 | 22154 |

## Status of Fast Track Courts (FTCs)functional during last Five years including the current year

## Annexure as referred in Reply toLok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3774 Annexure-II

|   S.NO. | State/UT       |   2018 (31.12.2018) |   2019 (31.12.2019) |   2020 (31.12.2020) |   2021 (31.12.2021) |   2022 (31.01.2022) |
|---------|----------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh |                  34 |                  21 |                  21 |                  21 |                  21 |
|       2 | Assam          |                   3 |                  19 |                  14 |                  16 |                  16 |
|       3 | Bihar          |                  48 |                  57 |                  33 |                   0 |                   0 |
|       4 | Chhattisgarh   |                  21 |                  38 |                  23 |                  23 |                  23 |
|       5 | Delhi          |                   4 |                  10 |                   5 |                   7 |                  06 |
|       6 | Gujarat        |                   0 |                   0 |                   0 |                  35 |                  35 |
|       7 | Goa            |                   0 |                   0 |                   0 |                   0 |                   3 |
|       8 | Haryana        |                   0 |                   6 |                   5 |                   6 |                  06 |
|       9 | Himachal       |                   0 |                   0 |                   0 |                   0 |                   0 |
|      10 | Jammu &Kashmir |                   0 |                   5 |                   1 |                   4 |                   4 |
|      11 | Jharkhand      |                  10 |                   0 |                  40 |                   6 |                  37 |
|      12 | Karnataka      |                   0 |                   0 |                  13 |                  18 |                  18 |
|      13 | Kerala         |                   0 |                   0 |                  23 |                  28 |                  14 |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh |                   0 |                   0 |                   2 |                   0 |                   0 |

| 15   | Maharashtra   |   90 |   91 |   116 |   110 |   110 |
|------|---------------|------|------|-------|-------|-------|
| 16   | Manipur       |    3 |    4 |     6 |     6 |    06 |
| 17   | Meghalaya     |    0 |    0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |
| 18   | Mizoram       |    2 |    2 |     2 |     2 |    02 |
| 19   | Nagaland      |    1 |    0 |     1 |     0 |     0 |
| 20   | Odisha        |    0 |    0 |     0 |    19 |    21 |
| 21   | Punjab        |    0 |    0 |     7 |     7 |     7 |
| 22   | Puducherry    |    0 |    0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |
| 23   | Rajasthan     |    0 |    0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |
| 24   | Sikkim        |    2 |    1 |     2 |     2 |    02 |
| 25   | Tamil Nadu    |   39 |   74 |    73 |    74 |    74 |
| 26   | Telangana     |   38 |   29 |    29 |    35 |    35 |
| 27   | Tripura       |    3 |   11 |    11 |    11 |    11 |
| 28   | Uttar Pradesh |  286 |  368 |   389 |   376 |   372 |
| 29   | Uttarakhand   |    4 |    4 |     4 |     4 |    04 |
| 30   | West Bengal   |   88 |   88 |    87 |    88 |    88 |
|      | Total         |  676 |  828 |   907 |   898 |   915 |

## Status of FTSCs - Annexure as referred in Reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3774 (State/UT wise)

| S. NO.   | State/UT       | 2020                   | 2020                     | 2020                           | 2020                                    | 2021                   | 2021                     | 2021                           | 2021                                    | 2022                   | 2022                     | 2022                                            | 2022                                     |
|----------|----------------|------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| S. NO.   | State/UT       | No of FTSCs 31.12.2020 | Cases pending 31.12.2020 | Cases Disposed during the Year | Fund released (FY 2019-20) (Rs. in Cr.) | No of FTSCs 31.12.2021 | Cases pending 31.12.2021 | Cases Disposed during the Year | Fund released (FY 2020-21) (Rs. in Cr.) | No of FTSCs 28.02.2022 | Cases pending 28.02.2022 | Cases Disposed during the Year (up to Feb 2022) | Fund released (FY 2021- 22) (Rs. in Cr.) |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh | 8                      | 3980                     | 127                            | 1.8                                     | 10                     | 5483                     | 296                            | 0                                       | 11                     | 5502                     | 473                                             | 0                                        |
| 2        | Assam          | 7                      | 1211                     | 36                             | 2.85625                                 | 15                     | 3023                     | 818                            | 1.86875                                 | 16                     | 3431                     | 1057                                            | 3.375                                    |
| 3        | Bihar          | 45                     | 12132                    | 492                            | 2.025                                   | 45                     | 14002                    | 2127                           | 15.26255                                | 45                     | 14129                    | 2382                                            | 20.25                                    |
| 4        | Chandigarh     | 1                      | 176                      | 2                              | 0.1875*                                 | 1                      | 235                      | 19                             | 0                                       | 1                      | 238                      | 26                                              | 0                                        |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh   | 15                     | 2721                     | 162                            | 3.375                                   | 15                     | 2674                     | 1694                           | 3.375                                   | 15                     | 2673                     | 1961                                            | 4.259                                    |
| 6        | Delhi          | 0                      | 0                        | 0                              | 3.6                                     | 16                     | 4410                     | 195                            | 0                                       | 16                     | 4517                     | 249                                             | 0                                        |
| 7        | Gujarat        | 35                     | 5236                     | 888                            | 7.875                                   | 35                     | 5632                     | 2485                           | 7.875                                   | 35                     | 5670                     | 2776                                            | 0                                        |
| 8        | Goa            | 0                      | 0                        | 0                              | 0.225                                   | 0                      | 0                        | 0                              | 0                                       | 0                      | 0                        | 0                                               | 0                                        |
| 9        | Haryana        | 16                     | 3334                     | 130                            | 3.6                                     | 16                     | 4373                     | 1373                           | 3.6                                     | 16                     | 4134                     | 1583                                            | 3.6                                      |
| 10       | Himachal       | 3                      | 462                      | 40                             | 1.0125                                  | 6                      | 961                      | 148                            | 1.51875                                 | 6                      | 1018                     | 169                                             | 0                                        |

Annexure-III

|   11 | Jammu& Kashmir   |   0 |     0 |     0 |   0.5625 |   4 |   390 |    49 |       0 |   4 |   397 |    55 |    2.635 |
|------|------------------|-----|-------|-------|----------|-----|-------|-------|---------|-----|-------|-------|----------|
|   12 | Jharkhand        |  20 |  3401 |   463 |   4.95   |  22 |  5380 |  1330 |  4.95   |  22 |  5548 |  1681 |  0       |
|   13 | Karnataka        |  14 |  2729 |   268 |   6.975  |  18 |  3962 |  1760 |  0      |  22 |  4432 |  2643 |  0       |
|   14 | Kerala           |  23 |  4629 |   257 |   8.4    |  28 |  7653 |  3478 |  0      |  28 |  7408 |  4537 |  0       |
|   15 | Madhya Pradesh   |  66 | 11196 |  3422 |  15.075  |  67 | 14139 |  7944 | 15.075  |  67 | 13779 |  9026 | 26.175   |
|   16 | Maharashtra      |  25 |  5624 |  1270 |  31.05   |  34 |  7445 |  4489 |  0      |  36 |  7810 |  5283 |  0       |
|   17 | Manipur          |   0 |     0 |     0 |   0.675  |   2 |   171 |    19 |  0.675  |   2 |   162 |    28 |  0.3375  |
|   18 | Meghalaya        |   0 |     0 |     0 |   1.6875 |   5 |   946 |    71 |  0      |   5 |   987 |    77 |  0       |
|   19 | Mizoram          |   0 |     0 |     0 |   1.0125 |   3 |    40 |    47 |  1.0125 |   3 |    37 |    50 |  0.50625 |
|   20 | Nagaland         |   0 |     0 |     0 |   0.3375 |   1 |    96 |    39 |  0.3375 |   1 |    96 |    41 |  0       |
|   21 | Odisha           |  15 |  6119 |   240 |   5.4    |  36 | 10613 |  2563 |  1.3    |  36 |  9463 |  3202 |  0       |
|   22 | Punjab           |   3 |   440 |   537 |   2.7    |  12 |  2009 |   964 |  0      |  12 |  2010 |  1069 |  0       |
|   23 | Puducherry       |   0 |     0 |     0 |   0      |   0 |     0 |     0 |  0      |   0 |     0 |     0 |  0       |
|   24 | Rajasthan        |  45 |  7938 |  1421 |   5.58   |  45 |  7581 |  4775 | 14.4    |  45 |  7806 |  5044 | 19.745   |
|   25 | Sikkim           |   0 |     0 |     0 |   0      |   0 |     0 |     0 |  0      |   0 |     0 |     0 |  0       |
|   26 | Tamil Nadu       |  14 |  4230 |   506 |   3.15   |  14 |  4684 |  1703 |  3.15   |  14 |  5101 |  1834 |  2.59    |
|   27 | Telangana        |  19 |  2864 |   481 |   8.1    |  25 |  5031 |  2979 |  0      |  29 |  5387 |  3164 |  0       |
|   28 | Tripura          |   3 |   285 |    17 |   1.0125 |   3 |   323 |    94 |  1.0125 |   3 |   280 |   108 |  0       |
|   29 | Uttar            | 218 | 79468 | 26318 |  13.8063 | 218 | 72924 | 31562 | 84.2938 | 218 | 73962 | 32316 | 24.525   |

|    | Pradesh     |     |        |       |       |     |        |       |       |     |        |       |         |
|----|-------------|-----|--------|-------|-------|-----|--------|-------|-------|-----|--------|-------|---------|
| 30 | Uttarakhand |   4 |    668 |    80 |   2.7 |   4 |    763 |   606 |   0   |   4 |    776 |   628 |   2.092 |
| 31 | West Bengal |   0 |      0 |     0 |   0   |   0 |      0 |     0 |   0   |   0 |      0 |     0 |   0     |
|    | Total       | 599 | 158843 | 37148 | 140   | 700 | 184943 | 73627 | 159.7 | 712 | 186753 | 81462 | 110.09  |

Note: The scheme of FTSC started in Oct 2019 and hence details are furnished from the year 2020 onwards .