Lok Sabha Question No. 1940 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-05
Subject: Fast Track Court
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, UDIT RAJ, PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU

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

## L O K    S A B H A UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1940

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 5 TH MAY, 2016

## Fast Track Court

1940.   SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE: SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB: DR. UDIT RAJ: SHRI P.K. BIJU:

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

- (a) whether the Supreme Court of India has requested the Chief Justices of the High Courts to create Fast Track Courts (FTCs) in the country;
- (b) if so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  number  of  FTCs created in response thereto;
- (c) whether the Government is satisfied with the  performance of the FTCs and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the number of cases filed/referred, disposed of and pending in FTCs during each of the last there years, State/UT-wise;
- (e) the number of additional posts of judges created and filled up in  the  subordinate  judiciary  in  the  country  along  with  the funds provided by the Government for the purpose during the said period; and
- (f) the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to improve the functioning  of FTCs in the country?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE (SHRI D.V. SADANANDA GOWDA)

- (a)  to    (c): In  its  judgment  in  Brij  Mohan  Lal  &  Others  v/s  Union  of India  & Others  on  19.04.2012,  Supreme  Court  has  endorsed  the position of Government of India that continuation of Fast Track Courts (FTCs) is within the domain of the States and has directed the States that they need to decide either to bring the Fast Track Courts scheme to an end or to continue the same as a permanent feature in the State. A number of states have continued FTCs beyond 31.03.2011 with their own resources.

In the Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices held in New  Delhi  on 7th April, 2013, it  was  resolved that the State Governments  shall,  in  consultation  with  the  Chief  Justices  of  the respective  High  Courts,  take  necessary  steps  to  establish  suitable number of FTCs relating to offences against women,  children, differently abled persons, senior citizens and marginalized sections of the  society,  and  provide  adequate  funds  for  the  purpose  of  creating and continuing them. Government has requested the State Governments and the Chief Justices of the High Courts to implement this decision.

- (d): Information  is  not  maintained  centrally.    However,  as  per  the information available, cases transferred, disposed and pending in Fast Track Courts is annexed.
- (e) and (f): The 14 th Finance Commission has endorsed the proposal  of the  Government  to strengthen  the  judicial  system  in  States  which includes, inter-alia, establishing 1800 FTCs for a period of five years for  cases of heinous crimes; cases involving senior citizens, women, children,  disabled  and  litigants  affected  with      HIV  AIDS  and  other terminal  ailments;  and  civil  disputes  involving  land  acquisition  and property/rent  disputes  pending  for  more  than  five  years  at  a  cost  of Rs.4144  crore. The  14 th Finance  Commission  has  urged  State Governments  to  use  the  additional  fiscal  space  provided  by  the Commission in the tax devolution to meet such requirements.

## Annexure

## Statement referred to in reply to Part (d) of  Lok Sabha unstirred Question No.1940 for 5.5.2016

## STATEMENT OF NUMBER OF CASES TRANSFERRED TO FAST TRACK COURTS (FTCs), DISPOSED BY FTCs AND PENDING IN FTCs

NA- Not available

|   Sl. No | Name of the state   | Number of cases transferred to FTCs since inception   | No. of cases disposed off since inception by FTCs   | No. of cases pending in FTCs   | As on     |
|----------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh      | 265545                                                | 248457                                              | 17088                          | April, 14 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh   | 4162                                                  | 1660                                                | 2502                           | March, 11 |
|        3 | Assam               | 84098                                                 | 72240                                               | 11858                          | Oct.12    |
|        4 | Bihar               | 239278                                                | 159105                                              | 80173                          | March.11  |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh        | 94670                                                 | 76575                                               | 18095                          | March.11  |
|        6 | Goa                 | 10185                                                 | 8590                                                | 1595                           | Feb., 14  |
|        7 | Gujarat             | 537636                                                | 434296                                              | 103340                         | Feb.,11   |
|        8 | Haryana             | 38359                                                 | 33590                                               | 4769                           | Dec.10    |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh    | 54651                                                 | 47480                                               | 7171                           | Dec.12    |
|       10 | Jammu &Kashmir      | NA                                                    | NA                                                  | NA                             |           |
|       11 | Jharkhand           | 110027                                                | 87789                                               | 22238                          | March 11  |
|       12 | Karnataka           | 218402                                                | 184067                                              | 34335                          | Aug.10    |
|       13 | Kerala              | 135839                                                | 116843                                              | 18996                          | Aug., 13  |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh      | 360602                                                | 317363                                              | 43239                          | Dec.10    |
|       15 | Maharashtra         | 423518                                                | 381619                                              | 41899                          | Feb.11    |
|       16 | Manipur             | 3512                                                  | 3287                                                | 225                            | Oct.12    |
|       17 | Meghalaya           | 1288                                                  | 973                                                 | 315                            | Oct.12    |
|       18 | Mizoram             | 1868                                                  | 1635                                                | 233                            | March 11  |
|       19 | Nagaland            | 845                                                   | 786                                                 | 59                             | Oct. 12   |
|       20 | Odisha              | 73093                                                 | 67700                                               | 5393                           | March.12  |
|       21 | Punjab              | 58570                                                 | 46347                                               | 12223                          | Dec.10    |
|       22 | Rajasthan           | 149447                                                | 123024                                              | 26423                          | March.11  |
|       23 | Sikkim              | NA                                                    | NA                                                  | NA                             |           |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu          | 411957                                                | 371336                                              | 40621                          | Aug., 10  |
|       25 | Tripura             | 5812                                                  | 5591                                                | 221                            | March 11  |
|       26 | Uttar Pradesh       | 464775                                                | 411658                                              | 53117                          | March 11  |
|       27 | Uttarakhand         | 112726                                                | 103208                                              | 9518                           | June,12   |
|       28 | West Bengal         | 202944                                                | 173299                                              | 29652                          | April 15  |
|       29 | Delhi               | NA                                                    | NA                                                  | 2028                           | May 15    |