March 7, 2002
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ESTABLISHMENT OF FAST TRACK COURTS FOR SPEEDY TRIAL
The 11th Finance Commission has recommended the establishment of 1,734 additional courts known as Fast Track Courts for speedy trial of sessions and other cases. As on February 28, 2002, 1015 Fast Track Courts had already been set up throughout the country. An amount of Rs. 188.93 crores has been released to the State Governments under the Scheme. Out of the 87,353 cases transferred to these courts, 23,128 cases have already been disposed of by these courts.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley in a written reply to a question from Shri Varkala Radhakrishnan and Smt. Prabha Rau in the Lok Sabha today.