3rd March, 2003
Ministry of Law & Justice  


SETTING UP OF FAST TRACK COURTS


RAJYA SABHA

Apart from the existing Courts, a set of additional courts , known as Fast Track Court(FTCs) have been set up for speeding up disposal of long pending cases. 1734 such courts are to be set up, out of which 979 have become operational so far. Government has allocated Rs.502.90 crores for this purpose. State-wise brake-up is as follows:

STATE

FTCs TO BE SET-UP

FTCs OPERATIONAL

FUNDS ALLOCATED

(Rs. In Crores)

Andhra Pradesh

86

46

25.00

Arunachal Pradesh

5

3

1.31

Assam

20

15

5.89

Bihar

183

110

52.96

Chattisgarh

31

23

8.79

Goa

5

3

1.39

Gujarat

166

36

48.22

Haryana

36

6

10.50

Himachal Pradesh

9

--

2.70

J & K

12

40

3.34

Jharkhand

89

75

25.77

Karnataka

93

10

27.02

Kerala

37

22

10.87

Madhya Pradesh

85

40

24.71

Maharashtra

187

103

54.08

Manipur

3

2

1.00

Meghalaya

3

2

1.00

Mizoram

3

3

1.00

Nagaland

3

--

0.91

Orissa

72

26

20.74

Punjab

29

16

8.29

Rajasthan

83

83

24.07

Sikkim

3

--

1.00

Tamil Nadu

49

49

14.12

Tripura

3

3

0.82

Uttaranchal

45

32

13.04

Uttar Pradesh

242

206

70.22

West Bengal

152

25

44.14

Total

1734

979

502.90

This information was given by the Minister of Law and Justice and Commerce and industry, Shri Arun Jaitley in a written reply to a question by Shri Lajpat Rai in the Rajya Sabha today.