The Department of Justice is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for setting up of 1023 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) including 389 exclusive POCSO (e-POCSO) Courts since October 2019. 700 FTSCs (68%) including 383 e-POCSO courts have been made operational in 27 States/UTs up to December 2021. As per information made available by High Courts the details of the target set for establishment of FTSC in the country along with the number of FTSC set up and functional against the set target is given at Annexure below:

 

Status of Earmarked and Functional FTSCs (as on 31.12.2021)

S.No.	State/UT	Earmarked FTSCs		Functional FTSCs
		FTSCs including ePOCSO	ePOCSO	FTSCs including ePOCSO	ePOCSO
	A&N	1	1	0	0
	Andhra Pradesh	18	8	10	10
	Arunachal Pradesh	3	0	0	0
	Assam	27	15	15	15
	Bihar	54	30	45	45
	Chandigarh	1	0	1	0
	Chhattisgarh	15	11	15	11
	Delhi	16	11	16	11
	Goa	2	0	0	0
	Gujrat	35	24	35	24
	Haryana	16	12	16	12
	Himachal Pradesh	6	3	6	3
	J&K	4	0	4	2
	Jharkhand	22	8	22	8
	Karnataka	31	17	18	16
	Kerala	56	14	28	0
	Madhya Pradesh	67	26	67	56
	Maharashtra	138	30	34	22
	Manipur	2	0	2	0
	Meghalaya	5	5	5	5
	Mizoram	3	1	3	1
	Nagaland	1	0	1	1
	Odisha	45	22	36	15
	Punjab	12	2	12	3
	Rajasthan	45	26	45	30
	Tamil Nadu	14	14	14	14
	Telangana	36	10	25	4
	Tripura	3	1	3	1
	Uttar Pradesh	218	74	218	74
	Uttarakhand	4	4	4	0
	WB	123	20	0	0
	TOTAL	1023	389	700	383

 

 

Third Party Evaluation of the Scheme was conducted by National Productivity Council (NPC) during the third quarter of 2020.Evaluation of the conviction rates of the FTSCs vis-a-vis the Regular Courts was one of the terms of reference of the Study. As per the findings, it was observed that conviction to disposal rate for Regular Court Cases, FTSC Cases and e-POCSO Court Cases are 5.54%, 7.21% and 17.64% respectively.

The issue of setting up of FTSCs and their early operationalization has been taken up with concerned States/UTs at various level from time to time. Minister of Law & Justice has addressed letters to Chief Ministers of States and Chief Justices of High Courts in this regard. In addition, regular review meetings with officials of the States/UTs and High Court functionaries are being held from time to time for operationalization of remaining FTSCs so as to further reduce the burden on judiciary.

This information was given by Shri Kiren Rijiju Union Minister, Ministry of Law and Justice, in Lok Sabha today.

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