Lok Sabha Question No. 2248 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Special Courts for Offence against Women and Children
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Feroze Varun Gandhi

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF LAW& JUSTICE DEPARTMENTOFJUSTICE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2248

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 29 th  July, 2022

Special Courts for Offence against Women and Children

## 2248. SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

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

- (a) the number of new special courts set up across the country for trial of sexual offences against women and children, so far;
- b) the number of cases registered with the courts, State-wise;
- (c)whether the Government is planning to create awareness about legal assistance programme  for  women  and  children  to  encourage  them  to  report  the  cases  for offence committed against them; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a)& (b)Government has started a Centrally Sponsored Scheme since October2019 for setting up of 1023 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) for expeditious trial and disposal of cases related to rape and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences

(POCSO)  Act.  The  Scheme  is  to  be  implemented  in  31  States/UTs.  As  on 30.06.2022, a total of 728 FTSCs including 408 exclusive POCSO Courts are made operational in 28 States/UTs. The State-wise details of the functional FTSCs in the country  and  the  number  of  cases  registered  with  these  courts  are  provided  at 'Annexure'.

(c)& (d) The Department of Justice (DoJ) and National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) have been collectively implementing different programs to create legal awareness about legal assistance for women  and  children. DoJthrough  its Designing Innovative Solutions and Holistic Access to Justice (DISHA) Scheme, is implementing Pan India Legal Literacy and Legal Awareness Programme (LLLAP)  for  disadvantaged  sections  including  women  and  children.  Further, NALSA has formulated 10 Schemes under Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, for making legal services available under the provisions of the Act to ensure that opportunities  for  securing  justice  are  not  denied  to  any  citizen  by  reason  of economic  or  other  disabilities.The  State  Legal  Services  Authorities  have  been organizing legal awareness  programmes to make people aware about the availability  of  free  legal  services  to  the  entitled  persons.    The  Legal  Services Authorities are also conducting programmes for making people aware about their rights and entitlements under various laws and Government schemes. The details of the legal literacy/ awareness programmesorganised during the last financial year and the current financial year are as under;

| Year                 | 2021-22      | 2022-23 (upto June,22)   |
|----------------------|--------------|--------------------------|
| Programmes organized | 1134086      | 92288                    |
| Persons attended     | 58,41,26,827 | 55,58,053                |

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## State/UT-wise details of functional FTSCs including e-POCSO Courts and cases registered with them as on 30.06.2022

| S.No.   | State/UT       | Functional FTSCs       | Functional FTSCs   | Registered cases as on 30.06.2022   | Registered cases as on 30.06.2022   |
|---------|----------------|------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| S.No.   | State/UT       | FTSCs including ePOCSO | ePOCSO             | FTSCs                               | ePOCSO                              |
| 1       | A&N Island     | 0                      | 0                  | 0                                   | 0                                   |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh | 12                     | 12                 | 6551                                | 6383                                |
| 3       | Arunachal P.   | 0                      | 0                  | 0                                   | 0                                   |
| 4       | Assam          | 17                     | 17                 | 0                                   | 3984                                |
| 5       | Bihar          | 45                     | 45                 | 0                                   | 15014                               |
| 6       | Chandigarh     | 1                      | 0                  | 239                                 | 0                                   |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh   | 15                     | 11                 | 671                                 | 2102                                |
| 8       | Delhi          | 16                     | 11                 | 3201                                | 4625                                |
| 9       | Goa            | 1                      | 1                  | 0                                   | 64                                  |
| 10      | Gujarat        | 35                     | 24                 | 1528                                | 7147                                |
| 11      | Haryana        | 16                     | 12                 | 1047                                | 3178                                |
| 12      | Himachal P     | 6                      | 3                  | 528                                 | 982                                 |
| 13      | J&K            | 4                      | 2                  | 216                                 | 196                                 |
| 14      | Jharkhand      | 22                     | 16                 | 1317                                | 3493                                |
| 15      | Karnataka      | 25                     | 17                 | 2173                                | 3308                                |
| 16      | Kerala         | 28                     | 14                 | 4308                                | 2931                                |
| 17      | Madhya Pradesh | 67                     | 57                 | 2335                                | 11878                               |
| 18      | Maharashtra    | 39                     | 21                 | 4345                                | 4394                                |
| 19      | Manipur        | 2                      | 0                  | 145                                 | 0                                   |
| 20      | Meghalaya      | 5                      | 5                  | 0                                   | 1029                                |
| 21      | Mizoram        | 3                      | 1                  | 40                                  | 27                                  |
| 22      | Nagaland       | 1                      | 0                  | 53                                  | 0                                   |
| 23      | Odisha         | 36                     | 15                 | 4115                                | 6030                                |
| 24      | Punjab         | 12                     | 3                  | 1319                                | 675                                 |
| 25      | Rajasthan      | 45                     | 30                 | 1598                                | 6035                                |
| 26      | Tamil Nadu     | 14                     | 14                 | 0                                   | 5530                                |
| 27      | Telangana      | 36                     | 2                  | 7772                                | 358                                 |
| 28      | Tripura        | 3                      | 1                  | 205                                 | 134                                 |
| 29      | Uttar Pradesh  | 218                    | 74                 | 30791                               | 44893                               |
| 30      | Uttarakhand    | 4                      | 0                  | 866                                 | 0                                   |
| 31      | WB             | 0                      | 0                  | 0                                   | 0                                   |
|         | TOTAL          | 728                    | 408                | 75363                               | 134390                              |