March 4, 2002
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PROGRESS OF FAST TRACK COURTS
A total of 1015 Fast Track Courts have been set up through out the country as on January 31, 2002 since April 1, 2001. As per the information available, the scheme of Fast Track Courts is running satisfactorily. Out of 84,290 cases transferred to Fast Track Courts, 18,875 cases have already been disposed of.
Out of a total of 1015 Fast Track Courts, 46 such courts have been set up in Andhra Pradesh, followed by 3 in Arunachal Pradesh, 15 in Assam, 183 in Bihar, 29 in Chhattisgarh, 36 in Gujarat, 12 in Harayana, 14 in Jammu & Kashmir, 20 in Jharkhand, 13 in Karnataka, 26 in Kerala, 64 in Madhya Pradesh, 104 in Maharashtra, 2 in Manipur, 3 in Meghalaya, 3 in Mizoram, 2 in Nagaland 19 in Orissa, 36 in Punjab, 14 in Rajasthan, 49 in Tamil Nadu, 3 in Tripura, 45 in Uttaranchal, 206 in Uttar Pradesh and 13 in West Bengal. No Fast Track Court has been set up in Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim.