Lok Sabha Question No. 2648 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Family Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.2648 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 4 th  August, 2021 Family Courts

## +2648. Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat:

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

(a) whether the Government has started family courts in each district of every

State; and

(b) if so, the details thereof ?

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

(a & b): The Family Courts Act, 1984 provides for establishment of Family Courts. These courts are set up by the State Governments in consultation with  the  concerned  High  Courts  as  per  their  need  and  resources.Family Courts have not been started in all districts of the country.  Presently 751 Family  Courts  are  functional  in  the  country  as  per  information  made available by High Courts. The State/UT wise details is placed at Annexure .

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## Annexure Referred in Reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2648 for 04/08/2021

## Status of Functional Family Courts (State/UT wise)

|   S.NO. | NAME OF THE STATE / UT   |   No. of Functional Family Courts (May-2021) |
|---------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh*          |                                           16 |
|       2 | Assam                    |                                            7 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                                            0 |
|       4 | Mizoram                  |                                            0 |
|       5 | Nagaland*                |                                            2 |
|       6 | Bihar                    |                                           39 |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh             |                                           26 |
|       8 | Delhi                    |                                           21 |
|       9 | Goa                      |                                            0 |
|      10 | Maharashtra              |                                           40 |
|      11 | Gujarat                  |                                           34 |
|      12 | Haryana                  |                                           31 |
|      13 | Punjab                   |                                           32 |
|      14 | Chandigarh               |                                            0 |
|      15 | Himachal Pradesh         |                                            3 |
|      16 | Jammu & Kashmir          |                                            0 |
|      17 | Jharkhand                |                                           25 |
|      18 | Karnataka                |                                           38 |
|      19 | Kerala                   |                                           28 |
|      20 | Lakshadweep              |                                            0 |
|      21 | Madhya Pradesh           |                                           47 |
|      22 | Manipur                  |                                            4 |
|      23 | Meghalaya                |                                            0 |
|      24 | Odisha                   |                                           32 |
|      25 | Rajasthan                |                                           47 |
|      26 | Sikkim                   |                                            6 |
|      27 | Tamil Nadu               |                                           39 |
|      28 | Puducherry               |                                            2 |
|      29 | Tripura                  |                                            7 |
|      30 | Uttar Pradesh            |                                          189 |

Contd…

| 31   | Uttarakhand          | 18   |
|------|----------------------|------|
| 32   | West Bengal          | 2    |
| 33   | A&NIslands           | NA   |
| 34   | Telangana            | 16   |
| 35   | Diu & Daman          | 0    |
| 36   | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0    |
| 37   | Ladakh               | NA   |
|      | Total                | 751  |

* Andhra Pradesh and Nagaland data available up to 30.09.2020 NA - Not Available