CENTRE RELEASES RS. 119 CRORE
FOR FAST
TRACK COURTS
The Centre has
released the next installment of Rs. 119 crore for setting up
and running of Fast Track Courts to the 16 States. With this,
the total amount released to the States so far is Rs. 308 crore.
It may be recalled that Fast Track Courts were started in July
2000 with a total grand of Rs. 502.90 crore sanctioned by the
Eleventh Finance Commission for a period of five years 2000-2005.
Setting
up of Fast Track Courts involves construction of court rooms.
It has to be necessarily a phased process. The States have so
far notified 1150 Fast Track Courts, which have disposed of more
than 60,000 cases out of 150,000 cases referred to them. Heinous
offences and cases involving under trials having been in jails
for a long time are being disposed of by Fast Track Courts on
priority of day to day hearing. About 205,000 under trials are
languishing in jails all over the country.
The
Centre is considering introduction of an incentive scheme for
rewarding the States wherein Fast Track Courts are giving higher
disposal of cases. A Committee of Law Secretaries of some States
and Registrar Generals of High Courts is working out the scheme.
The Committee held its second meeting on September 13 under the
Chairmanship of Additional Secretary (Justice), Shri Surendra
Nath.
