Lok Sabha Question No. 1746 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Fast Track Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar, Nishikant  Dubey

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1746

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 16 th  DECEMBER, 2022

## Fast Track Courts

## 1746.  SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

## DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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

- (a) the number of Fast Track Courts (FTC) and Fast Track Special Court (FTSC) set up and functional for hearing heinous crimes and the cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act respectively in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the cases pending and disposed of during the last five years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the funds allocated and utilized for the establishment of the said courts and for the appointment of more judges therein during the said period, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether certain States have not shown their interest in setting up FTC and FTSC and have closed down FTCs and FTSCs after their functioning for some time and if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  reasons  quoted  by  the  respective  States therefor; and
- (e) whether the Government intends to increase the number of Fast Track Courts in the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  steps  taken  by  the Government in this regard and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a) :838 Fast Track Courts (FTCs) are functionalfor hearing heinous crimesetc. in 20 States/UTs, and 733 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) are functional for trial of cases related to rape and Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act in 28 States/UTs as per information provided by the High Courts, as on 31.10.2022. Status of Functional FTCs and FTSCs, State/UT wise are given at Annexure -I.

(b) to (e): Setting up of FTCs and allocation of funds thereto, 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.  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-II.

As regards FTSCs, the Central Government started a Centrally Sponsored Scheme in October, 2019 for 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  continued  up  to  31.03.2023.19  States/UTs  have  fully  operationalized earmarked FTSCs, 09 States have partially operationalized earmarked FTSCs, while 3 States/UTs i.e., West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh and A&N Islands are yet to join the  scheme.  While  State  of  West  Bengal  and  UT  Administration  of  A&N  Islands have not furnished their consent for joining the scheme, State of Arunachal Pradesh has not joined the scheme for the time being as they have a smaller number of cases. In respect of FTSCs, Central Government has released to various States/UTs Rs.140 Cr. in FY 2019-20, Rs.160.00 Cr in FY 2020-21, Rs.134.56 Cr. in FY 2021-22 and Rs.186.93  Cr.  during  the  current  financial  year  up-to  10/12/2022.The  details  of number  of  Cases  Disposed,  Cases  Pending  along  with  funds  released  is  given  at Annexure-III.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure given in Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1746 to be replied on 16.12.2022

## Status of Functional Fast Track Courts (FTCs) and Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs)

(As on October, 2022)

| S.NO.   | State/UT       |   Fast Track Courts (FTCs) | Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs)   |
|---------|----------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh |                         22 | 14                                  |
| 2       | Assam          |                         15 | 17                                  |
| 3       | Bihar          |                          0 | 45                                  |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh   |                         23 | 15                                  |
| 5       | Delhi          |                         20 | 16                                  |
| 6       | Gujarat        |                         35 | 35                                  |
| 7       | Goa            |                         04 | 1                                   |
| 8       | Haryana        |                         06 | 16                                  |
| 9       | HimachalPr     |                         03 | 6                                   |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir |                         04 | 4                                   |
| 11      | Jharkhand      |                         34 | 22                                  |
| 12      | Karnataka      |                          0 | 28                                  |
| 13      | Kerala         |                          0 | 28                                  |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh |                          0 | 67                                  |
| 15      | Maharashtra    |                        111 | 33                                  |
| 16      | Manipur        |                         10 | 2                                   |
| 17      | Meghalaya      |                          0 | 5                                   |
| 18      | Mizoram        |                         02 | 3                                   |
| 19      | Nagaland       |                          0 | 1                                   |
| 20      | Odisha         |                          0 | 44                                  |
| 21      | Punjab         |                         07 | 12                                  |
| 22      | Puducherry     |                          0 | -                                   |
| 23      | Rajasthan      |                          0 | 45                                  |
| 24      | Sikkim         |                         02 | -                                   |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu     |                         73 | 14                                  |
| 26      | Telangana      |                          0 | 34                                  |
| 27      | Tripura        |                         03 | 3                                   |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh  |                        372 | 218                                 |
| 29      | Uttarakhand    |                         04 | 4                                   |
| 30      | West Bengal    |                         88 | -                                   |
|         | Total          |                        838 | 733                                 |

## Annexure given in Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1746 to be replied on 16.12.2022 Status of cases disposed and pending in FTCs

|       |                   | 2017         | 2017         | 2018         | 2018         | 2019        | 2019         | 2020        | 2020      | 2021        | 2021         | 2022 (as on 31 st October, 2022)   | 2022 (as on 31 st October, 2022)   |
|-------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|--------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| S.NO. | Name of State/UTs | Disposed     | Pending      | Disposed     | Pending      | Disposed    | Pending      | Disposed    | Pending   | Disposed    | Pending      | Disposed                           | Pending                            |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 3835         | 6664         | 3949         | 8179         | 5456        | 6763         | 1177        | 10069     | 312         | 10069        | 1142                               | 6877                               |
| 2     | A&N Island        | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0           | 0            | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0            | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 3     | Arunachal Pr      | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0           | 0            | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0            | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 4     | Assam             | 2990         | 1972         | 2314         | 1977         | 3173        | 8108         | 2615        | 10108     | 3780        | 9356         | 6408                               | 10551                              |
| 5     | Bihar             | 5889         | 22616        | 11525        | 23055        | 14595       | 20774        | 1759        | 58636     | 1603        | 69792        | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 6     | Chandigarh        | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0           | 0            | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0            | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh      | 3840         | 4546         | 3862         | 4999         | 9392        | 6882         | 2877        | 15310     | 5324        | 17779        | 3559                               | 5394                               |
| 8     | D&NHaveli         | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0           | 0            | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0            | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 9     | Delhi             | 560          | 797          | 638          | 1035         | 19841       | 4210         | 393         | 40733     | 223         | 48520        | 879                                | 7068                               |
| 10    | Diu &Daman        | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0           | 0            | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0            | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 11    | Goa               | 0            | 0            | 0            | 1298         | 0           | 0            | 130         | 0         | 59974       | 0            | 5502                               | 2038                               |
| 12    | Gujarat           | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 14318       | 0            | 462         | 33560     | 37102       | 35335        | 3214                               | 4894                               |
| 13    | Haryana           | 0            | 0            | 768          | 3337         | 23348       | 924          | 825         | 58511     | 899         | 65337        | 365                                | 887                                |
| 14    | Himachal Pr       | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 9388        | 0            | 0           | 15618     | 5           | 5102         | 273                                | 510                                |
| 15    | J&K               | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0           | 876          | 27          | 0         | 391         | 0            | 43                                 | 685                                |
| 16    | Jharkhand         | 979          | 2475         | 1946         | 4604         | 6244        | 4632         | 624         | 14507     | 861         | 19371        | 2050                               | 7969                               |
| 17    | Karnataka         | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 11722       | 0            | 210         | 38365     | 2051        | 39458        | 1257                               | 0                                  |
| 18    | Kerala            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 27872       | 0            | 217         | 100479    | 2333        | 114020       | 1650                               | 0                                  |
| 19    | Ladakh            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0           | 0            | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0            | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 20    | Lakshadweep       | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0           | 0            | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0            | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 21    | Madhya Pr         | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 18732       | 0            | 1           | 15584     | 0           | 25769        | 16                                 | 0                                  |
| 22    | Maharashtra       | 127362       | 105301       | 160641       | 81104        | 59279       | 107491       | 63470       | 52079     | 114254      | 67315        | 105960                             | 152312                             |
| 23    | Manipur           | 210          | 132          | 190          | 719          | 541         | 210          | 45          | 634       | 73081       | 634          | 276                                | 1023                               |
| 24    | Meghalaya         | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0           | 0            | 0           | 0         | 11          | 0            | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 25    | Mizoram           | 144          | 109          | 215          | 149          | 130         | 154          | 179         | 0         | 1758        | 0            | 181                                | 223                                |
| 26    | Nagaland          | 1            | 11           | 8            | 3            | 89          | 0            | 3           | 66        | 3           | 153          | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 27    | Odisha            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 6664        | 0            | 0           | 39670     | 234         | 44689        | 304                                | 0                                  |
| 28    | Puducherry        | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 126         | 0            | 0           | 1535      | 0           | 1452         | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 29    | Punjab            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 24854       | 0            | 85          | 52198     | 471         | 85061        | 214                                | 245                                |
| 30    | Rajasthan         | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 22346       | 0            | 0           | 44222     | 32          | 46048        | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 31    | Sikkim            | 14           | 13           | 19           | 12           | 114         | 6            | 5           | 188       | 5           | 195          | 18                                 | 13                                 |
| 32    | Tamil Nadu        | 15382        | 47519        | 14911        | 62916        | 18083       | 6036         | 9389        | 29970     | 7865        | 32519        | 19297                              | 107590                             |
| 33    | Telangana         | 4118         | 6949         | 1694         | 7948         | 5044        | 9950         | 1525        | 15469     | 2849        | 18095        | 2645                               | 0                                  |
| 34    | Tripura           | 3591         | 2921         | 1423         | 1456         | 1399        | 937          | 100         | 2551      | 347         | 3604         | 361                                | 1347                               |
| 35    | Uttar Pradesh     | 222295       | 318629       | 234182       | 410718       | 329345      | 405127       |             |           | 86013       | 396462       | 232774                             | 1036970                            |
| 36    |                   |              |              |              |              | 6215        |              | 148466      | 413176    |             |              | 282                                | 838                                |
|       | Uttarakhand       | 608          | 671          | 562          | 886          |             | 567          | 170         | 15119     | 215         | 15997        |                                    |                                    |
| 37    | West Bengal TOTAL | 15482 407300 | 39420 560745 | 16358 455205 | 44231 658626 | 7753 646063 | 49723 633370 | 5202 239956 | 0 1078357 | 3172 405168 | 1166 1173298 | 18606 407276                       | 72560 1419994                      |

## Annexure-II

(As on

## Annexure given in Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1746 to be replied on 16.12.2022 Status of Cases Disposed, Cases Pending and Funds Released to the FTSCs

| S.NO.   | State/UT       | Cumulative Disposal    | Cumulative Pendency    | Funds Released (from October, 2019 to 10 th December, 2022)   |
|---------|----------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                | FTSCs including ePOCSO | FTSCs including ePOCSO | Amount in Rs. Cr                                              |
| 1       | Chhattisgarh   | 2676                   | 2736                   | 14.93                                                         |
| 2       | Gujarat        | 5357                   | 4749                   | 25.01                                                         |
| 3       | Mizoram        | 96                     | 47                     | 5.23                                                          |
| 4       | Nagaland       | 46                     | 50                     | 1.06                                                          |
| 5       | Jharkhand      | 3229                   | 4927                   | 15.72                                                         |
| 6       | Madhya Pradesh | 13859                  | 12753                  | 74.04                                                         |
| 7       | Manipur        | 72                     | 128                    | 2.47                                                          |
| 8       | Haryana        | 2856                   | 4181                   | 15.02                                                         |
| 9       | Chandigarh     | 96                     | 232                    | Exempted                                                      |
| 10      | Rajasthan      | 8302                   | 6864                   | 51.89                                                         |
| 11      | Tamilnadu      | 3484                   | 5372                   | 12.59                                                         |
| 12      | Tripura        | 181                    | 309                    | 3.19                                                          |
| 13      | Uttar Pradesh  | 38330                  | 76952                  | 180.30                                                        |
| 14      | Uttarakhand    | 890                    | 838                    | 6.32                                                          |
| 15      | Delhi          | 639                    | 4380                   | 7.82                                                          |
| 16      | Meghalaya      | 201                    | 991                    | 3.66                                                          |
| 17      | J&K            | 95                     | 432                    | 4.77                                                          |
| 18      | Punjab         | 1852                   | 1892                   | 5.86                                                          |
| 19      | Himachal Pr    | 439                    | 944                    | 4.90                                                          |
| 20      | Telangana      | 5727                   | 7349                   | 17.08                                                         |
| 21      | Andhra Pradesh | 1477                   | 6985                   | 1.8                                                           |
| 22      | Bihar          | 4692                   | 15513                  | 49.43                                                         |
| 23      | Assam          | 2301                   | 3776                   | 14.83                                                         |
| 24      | Maharashtra    | 8952                   | 7719                   | 31.05                                                         |
| 25      | Karnataka      | 4621                   | 5398                   | 21.00                                                         |
| 26      | Kerala         | 7870                   | 6233                   | 15.8                                                          |
| 27      | Odisha         | 5971                   | 12009                  | 34.54                                                         |
| 28      | Goa            | 22                     | 55                     | 0.48                                                          |
|         | TOTAL          | 124333                 | 193814                 | 621.49                                                        |

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