PROGRESS OF FAST TRACK COURTS
Out of a total number
of 1734 Fast Track Courts to be created , 1150 such courts have
so far been notified and set up all over the country. These courts
have disposed of 608686 cases as on August 31, 2002. As the setting
up of Fast Track Courts involves construction of court rooms and
recruitment of judges, it has to be done necessarily in a phased
manner.
The Fast Track Courts
have speeded up disposal of sessions cases which involve heinous
offences and cases of under trials who have been in jails for
long time.
The setting up of
Fast Track Courts since April 1, 2001 has started showing its
impact on crime situation as the number of heinous crimes has
come down especially in the States of Rajasthan and Maharashtra.
Some impact has also been felt in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
The scheme of Fast
Track Courts involves a total outlay of Rs.502.90 crores to be
funded cent percent by the Centre over a period of five years
from April 1, 2001 on an experimental basis to expedite sessions
level cases in the subordinate courts. This is also intended to
expedite disposal of pending cases as also accelerate the pace
of disposal of fresh cases.
