Lok Sabha Question No. 2571 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Fast Track Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Nishikant  Dubey, Sanganna Amarappa Karadi, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Manickam Tagore B, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, DNV Senthilkumar. S.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2571

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 4 th  AUGUST, 2021

## Fast Track Courts

2571. SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.:

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

- (a) the aims and objectives envisaged under  the scheme of Fast Track Courts alongwith its present status;

- (b) the criteria fixed for setting up of Fast Track Court (FTC) in the country along with the number of FTCs constituted and functioning including Jharkhand and Karnataka;

- (c) the achievements made by these courts including number of cases transferred and disposed of during the last three years and current year along with the number of cases pending in these Courts at present;

Contd…

- (d) the total funds allocated and spent for such courts during the said period, state-wise; (e) whether the funds being provided to FTCs are not adequate to meet the recurring and non-recurring expenditure being incurred by such courts and if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard; (f) whether some States have been providing support to FTCs from their own resources ever since the central support was discontinued and if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and (g) whether the Government proposes to set up more FTCs in the country and if
- so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor, State/UT-wise?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) to (g) The aim and objective of setting up Fast Track Courts (FTCs) is for fast tracking  the  disposal  of  cases  of  heinous  crimes;  civil  cases  involving  senior citizens,  women,  children,  disabled  and  litigants  affected  with  HIV-AIDS  and other terminal ailments and  civil disputes involving land acquisitions  and property/rent disputes pending for more than five years.

Setting  up  of  FTCs  and  its  functioning  fall  within  the  domain  of  the respective State Governments in consultation with the respective High Courts. FTCs were created during 11 th Finance Commission for disposal of longpending casesbased

## Contd…

on  the  findings  of  a  study  that  one  such  court  disposes  up  to  168  cases  in  a year.   Central  funding  has  been  discontinued  after  31.03.2015.   Subsequently, 14 th Finance  Commission  had  recommended  that  the  number  of  FTCs  to  be established should be 10% of the sanctioned strength of Judicial Officers of the State.  The 14 th Finance Commission had recommended the setting up of 1800 FTCs during 2015-2020 and had urged State Governments to utilize enhanced fiscal space available through tax devolution (32% to 42%) for this purpose.  The details  of  funds  allocated  by  State/UT  Governments  and  their  expenditure  on these courts from 14 th Finance Commission period onwards is not maintained at Central  Government  level.   Presently,  there  are  956  functional  FTCs  including Jharkhand and Karnataka.  The number of FTCs proposed and functional in the country including Jharkhand and Karnataka is given at Annexure-I. Information on the number of cases disposed of during the last three years and current year alongwith the number of cases pending in these FTCs, as made available by the various High Courts is given at Annexure-II.

## ANNEXURE-I

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2571 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4.8 2021

## NO. OF FTCs PROPOSED & FUNCTIONAL IN THE COUNTRY (STATE / UT -WISE)

|   S.No | Name of the State             |   No. of FTCs proposed |   No. of FTCs Functional (May, 2021) |
|--------|-------------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh                |                     47 |                                   21 |
|      2 | Telangana                     |                     37 |                                   34 |
|      3 | Assam                         |                     36 |                                   15 |
|      4 | Arunachal Pradesh             |                      0 |                                    0 |
|      5 | Mizoram                       |                     07 |                                    2 |
|      6 | Nagaland                      |                     03 |                                    1 |
|      7 | Bihar                         |                    147 |                                   33 |
|      8 | Chhattisgarh                  |                     28 |                                   23 |
|      9 | Gujarat                       |                    174 |                                   35 |
|     10 | Himachal Pradesh              |                     13 |                                    0 |
|     11 | Jammu & Kashmir               |                     21 |                                    7 |
|     12 | Jharkhand                     |                     50 |                                   41 |
|     13 | Karnataka                     |                     95 |                                   16 |
|     14 | Kerala, Lakshadweep           |                     41 |                                   28 |
|     15 | Madhya Pradesh                |                    133 |                                    0 |
|     16 | Maharashtra, D&N, Daman & Diu |                    204 |                                  114 |
|     17 | Goa                           |                     05 |                                    3 |
|     18 | Manipur                       |                     03 |                                    6 |
|     19 | Meghalaya                     |                     04 |                                    0 |
|     20 | Orissa                        |                     63 |                                    0 |
|     21 | Punjab                        |                     50 |                                    7 |
|     22 | Chandigarh                    |                     02 |                                    0 |

Contd…

| 23.   | Haryana                  |   48 |   6 |
|-------|--------------------------|------|-----|
| 24.   | Rajasthan                |   93 |   0 |
| 25.   | Sikkim                   |   01 |   2 |
| 26.   | Tamil Nadu, Puducherry   |   89 |  74 |
| 27.   | Tripura                  |   09 |  11 |
| 28.   | Uttar Pradesh            |  212 | 372 |
| 29.   | Uttarakhand              |   28 |   4 |
| 30.   | West Bengal, A&N Islands |   94 |  88 |
| 31.   | Delhi                    |   63 |  13 |
|       | Total                    | 1800 | 956 |

## ANNEXURE-II

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2571 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4.8 2021

## INFORMATION ON THE NUMBEROF CASES DISPOSED  OF DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR ALONG WITH THE NUMBER OF PENDING CASES IN FTCs

|   S.No | State/UT       |   No. of cases disposed in 2018 |   No. of cases disposed in 2019 |   No. of cases in disposed 2020 |   No. of cases disposed 2021 (up to May 2021) |   Pending Cases (As on31.05.20 21) |
|--------|----------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh |                            3949 |                             427 |                              26 |                                            26 |                               6153 |
|      2 | Assam          |                            2314 |                            1319 |                             302 |                                           328 |                               8744 |
|      3 | Mizoram        |                             215 |                              79 |                              13 |                                             8 |                                201 |
|      4 | Nagaland       |                               8 |                               0 |                               1 |                                             1 |                                 30 |
|      5 | Bihar          |                           11525 |                            1789 |                             184 |                                           350 |                              12252 |
|      6 | Chhattisgarh   |                            3862 |                             996 |                             194 |                                           175 |                               6829 |
|      7 | Delhi          |                             638 |                             226 |                              21 |                                             4 |                               4638 |
|      8 | Goa            |                               0 |                               0 |                               0 |                                         11934 |                               1836 |
|      9 | Maharashtra    |                          160641 |                           29779 |                            5119 |                                          3039 |                             163112 |
|     10 | Gujarat        |                               0 |                               0 |                              35 |                                            22 |                               5682 |
|     11 | Haryana        |                             768 |                             162 |                               1 |                                             3 |                                724 |
|     12 | Punjab         |                               0 |                               0 |                              23 |                                            13 |                                431 |
|     13 | J&K            |                               0 |                              20 |                               0 |                                            62 |                               2261 |

Contd…

| 14.   | Jharkhand     |   1946 |    430 |    14 |     4 |   5986 |
|-------|---------------|--------|--------|-------|-------|--------|
| 15.   | Karnataka     |      0 |      0 |    44 |    44 |   3346 |
| 16.   | Kerala        |      0 |      0 |   101 |    24 |   6477 |
| 17.   | Manipur       |    190 |     19 |    10 |     1 |    435 |
| 18.   | Sikkim        |     19 |      8 |     0 |     0 |     20 |
| 19.   | Tamil Nadu    |  14911 |    688 |  2811 |    83 |  94252 |
| 20.   | Tripura       |   1423 |     38 |    18 |     7 |   1560 |
| 21.   | Uttar Pradesh | 234182 |  71034 |  7083 |  2638 | 526704 |
| 22.   | Uttrakhand    |    562 |     83 |    14 |    10 |    664 |
| 23    | West Bengal   |  16358 |   3071 |   708 |   102 |  58955 |
| 24.   | Telangana     |   1694 |   4942 |   178 |    87 |  12200 |
|       | Total         | 455205 | 115110 | 16900 | 18965 | 923492 |