Lok Sabha Question No. 1499 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-10
Subject: Fast Track Special Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Margani Bharat

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF LAW& JUSTICE DEPARTMENTOFJUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1499

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY THE10 th  FEBRUARY, 2023

## Fast Track Special Courts

## 1499. SHRI MARGANI BHARAT:

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

- (a) the details of number of Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) functioning in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  funds  allocated  and  utilised  for  FTSCs  during  the  last  three years, State-wise;
- (c) the achievements of these courts indicating the number of cases disposed and pending during the last three years;
- (d) the  number  of  FTSCs  functional  in  Andhra  Pradesh  against  the  proposed target; and
- (e) the  steps  taken  to  expedite  the  establishment  of  remaining  FTSCs  in  the
- State?

(a)& (b):

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

The details of number of Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) functioning in the country and funds allocated during the last three years, is given at

Annexure-

(c): As  per  third  party  evaluation  conducted  by  National  Productivity  Council, 17.64% of exclusive POCSO cases reported conviction. FTSCs have disposed off more than 1, 37,000 cases up to December, 2022. The details of number of pending and disposed off cases during the last three years are given at Annexure -II. (d): As per information provided by the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, 14 FTSCs are functional in the State as on 31 st December 2022 against 18 FTSCs earmarked to the State.

(e): Regular review meetings have been conducted by the Department of Justice to expedite  the  robust  implementation  of  the  scheme  including  establishment  of remaining FTSCs. The last review meeting was conducted with the State of Andhra Pradesh  on  13.01.2023.  In  addition,  Minister  of  Law  and  Justice  has  addressed letters  to  the  Chief  Ministers  of  States/UTs  and  Chief  Justice  of  High  Courts  for operationalization of the remaining FTSCs.

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## Annexure- I

## Details of number of FTSCs functioning in the country and funds allocatedduring last three years

(Rs. in Cr.)

| S.No.        | State/UT   |   No. of Functional FTSCs as on 31.12.2022 |   Amount released(FY 2019-20) |   Amount released (FY 2020-21) |   Amount released (FY 2021-22) | Amount released (up to 31 st December, 2022)   |
|--------------|------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1 Andhra     | Pr. 14     |                                    1.8     |                       0       |                          0     |                         0      |                                                |
| Assam        | 17         |                                    2.85625 |                       1.86875 |                          3.375 |                         6.7325 | 2                                              |
| 3 Bihar      | 48         |                                    2.025   |                      15.2625  |                         20.25  |                        11.895  |                                                |
| Chandigarh*  | 01         |                                    0.1875  |                       0       |                          0     |                         0      | 4                                              |
| Chhattisgarh | 15         |                                    3.375   |                       3.375   |                          4.259 |                         3.93   | 5                                              |
| Delhi        | 16         |                                    3.6     |                       0       |                          0     |                         4.225  | 6                                              |
| Goa          | 01         |                                    0.225   |                       0       |                          0     |                         0.26   | 7                                              |
| Gujarat      | 35         |                                    7.875   |                       7.875   |                          0     |                         9.26   | 8                                              |
| Haryana      | 16         |                                    3.6     |                       3.6     |                          3.6   |                         4.225  | 9                                              |
| Himachal P   | 06         |                                    1.0125  |                       1.51875 |                          0     |                         2.375  | 10                                             |
| J&K          | 04         |                                    0.5625  |                       0       |                          2.635 |                         1.58   | 11                                             |
| Jharkhand    | 22         |                                    4.95    |                       4.95    |                          0     |                         5.825  | 12                                             |
| Karnataka    | 30         |                                    6.975   |                       0       |                          6.635 |                         7.395  | 13                                             |
| Kerala       | 52         |                                    8.4     |                       0       |                          0     |                         7.4    | 14                                             |
| Madhya Pr.   | 67         |                                   15.075   |                      15.075   |                         26.175 |                        17.72   | 15                                             |
| Maharashtra  | 39         |                                   31.05    |                       0       |                          0     |                         0      | 16                                             |

| 17        | Manipur   | 02       |      0.675 | 0.675   | 0.3375   | 0.785                          |
|-----------|-----------|----------|------------|---------|----------|--------------------------------|
| 18        | 05        | 1.6875   |   0        | 0       | 1.977    | Meghalaya                      |
| 19 03     |           | 1.0125   |   1.0125   | 2.02625 | 1.18     | Mizoram                        |
| 20        | 01        | 0.3375   |   0.3375   | 0       | 0.38     | Nagaland                       |
| 21 44     |           | 5.4      |   1.3      | 16.2    | 11.64    | Odisha                         |
| 22 0      |           | 0        |   0        | 0.1125  | 0        | Puducherry**                   |
| 23 12     |           | 2.7      |   0        | 0       | 3.1625   | Punjab                         |
| 24 45     |           | 5.85     |  14.4      | 19.745  | 11.895   | Rajasthan                      |
| 25 14     |           | 3.15     |   3.15     | 2.59    | 3.7      | Tamil Nadu                     |
| 26 34     |           | 8.1      |   0        | 0       | 8.9875   | Telangana                      |
| 27 03     |           | 1.0125   |   1.0125   | 0       | 1.1725   | Tripura                        |
| 28 218    |           | 13.80625 |  84.2938   | 24.525  | 57.68    | Uttar Pr.                      |
| 29 04     |           | 2.7      |   0        | 2.092   | 1.53     | Uttarakhand                    |
| -         |           | -        |   0.293702 | -       | -        | NPC (for 3 rd Party Evalution) |
| TOTAL 768 |           | 140      | 160        | 134.557 | 186.93   |                                |

* UT has indicated no requirement of fund under FTSC

** UT became part of the scheme in early 2022

## Status of FTSC - Number of cases disposed and pending during the last three years

| S. N O.   | State/UT     | 2020                                | 2020                       | 2020                           | 2021                                | 2021                       | 2021                           | 2022                                | 2022                       | 2022                           |
|-----------|--------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
| S. N O.   | State/UT     | No of functional FTSCs (31.12.2020) | Cases pending (31.12.2020) | Cases Disposed during the Year | No of functional FTSCs (31.12.2021) | Cases pending (31.12.2021) | Cases Disposed during the Year | No of functional FTSCs (31.12.2022) | Cases pending (31.12.2022) | Cases Disposed during the Year |
| 1         | Andhra Pr    | 8                                   | 3980                       | 127                            | 10                                  | 5483                       | 296                            | 14                                  | 7328                       | 1511                           |
| 2         | Assam        | 7                                   | 1211                       | 36                             | 15                                  | 3023                       | 818                            | 17                                  | 3881                       | 1861                           |
| 3         | Bihar        | 45                                  | 12132                      | 492                            | 45                                  | 14002                      | 2127                           | 45                                  | 15587                      | 3610                           |
| 4         | Chandigarh   | 1                                   | 176                        | 2                              | 1                                   | 235                        | 19                             | 48                                  | 220                        | 97                             |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh | 15                                  | 2721                       | 162                            | 15                                  | 2674                       | 1694                           | 15                                  | 2745                       | 1393                           |
| 6         | Delhi        | 0                                   | 0                          | 0                              | 16                                  | 4410                       | 195                            | 16                                  | 4426                       | 552                            |
| 7         | Gujarat      | 35                                  | 5236                       | 888                            | 35                                  | 5632                       | 2485                           | 35                                  | 6619                       | 3535                           |
| 8         | Goa          | 0                                   | 0                          | 0                              | 0                                   | 0                          | 0                              | 01                                  | 51                         | 26                             |
| 9         | Haryana      | 16                                  | 3334                       | 130                            | 16                                  | 4373                       | 1373                           | 16                                  | 4103                       | 1875                           |
| 10        | Himachal     | 3                                   | 462                        | 40                             | 6                                   | 961                        | 148                            | 6                                   | 923                        | 378                            |
| 11        | J&K          | 0                                   | 0                          | 0                              | 4                                   | 390                        | 49                             | 4                                   | 444                        | 66                             |
| 12        | Jharkhand    | 20                                  | 3401                       | 463                            | 22                                  | 5380                       | 1330                           | 22                                  | 4384                       | 2303                           |
| 13        | Karnataka    | 14                                  | 2729                       | 268                            | 18                                  | 3962                       | 1760                           | 30                                  | 5532                       | 3424                           |

## Annexure-II

| 14   | Kerala        |   23 |   4629 |   257 |   28 |   7653 |   3478 |   52 |   7213 |   6356 |
|------|---------------|------|--------|-------|------|--------|--------|------|--------|--------|
| 15   | Madhya Pr     |   66 |  11196 |  3422 |   67 |  14139 |   7944 |   67 |  12435 |   7539 |
| 16   | Maharashtra   |   25 |   5624 |  1270 |   34 |   7445 |   4489 |   39 |   8539 |   5607 |
| 17   | Manipur       |    0 |      0 |     0 |    2 |    171 |     19 |    2 |    130 |     60 |
| 18   | Meghalaya     |    0 |      0 |     0 |    5 |    946 |     71 |    5 |    995 |    156 |
| 19   | Mizoram       |    0 |      0 |     0 |    3 |     40 |     47 |    3 |     36 |     62 |
| 20   | Nagaland      |    0 |      0 |     0 |    1 |     96 |     39 |    1 |     53 |      9 |
| 21   | Odisha        |   15 |   6119 |   240 |   36 |  10613 |   2563 |   44 |  11754 |   4244 |
| 22   | Punjab        |    3 |    440 |   537 |   12 |   2009 |    964 |   12 |   1842 |   1099 |
| 23   | Rajasthan     |   45 |   7938 |  1421 |   45 |   7581 |   4775 |   45 |   6801 |   4015 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu    |   14 |   4230 |   506 |   14 |   4684 |   1703 |   14 |   5127 |   2664 |
| 25   | Telangana     |   19 |   2864 |   481 |   25 |   5031 |   2979 |   34 |   7544 |   3498 |
| 26   | Tripura       |    3 |    285 |    17 |    3 |    323 |     94 |    3 |    318 |     92 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh |  218 |  79468 | 26318 |  218 |  72924 |  31562 |  218 |  78238 |   8561 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand   |    4 |    668 |    80 |    4 |    763 |    606 |    4 |    940 |    366 |
|      | Total         |  599 | 158843 | 37148 |  700 | 184943 |  73627 |  768 | 198208 |  64959 |