Fast track courts disposing of just 28 POCSO cases per year on average: research paper
With over 2.43 lakh POCSO cases pending trial in Fast Track Special Courts as of January 31, 2023, a new research paper by the India Child Protection Fund has estimated that each of the over 1,000 such courts in the country are currently clearing just 28 cases on average every year, as opposed to the initially envisioned 165 cases per year. However, the research paper, titled ‘Justice Awaits: An Analysis of the Efficacy of Justice Delivery Mechanisms in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse in India’, estimated that under the current pendency rates, Arunachal Pradesh would take 30 years for trial in all pending POCSO cases to come to a close. The data suggests that FTSCs are unable to achieve the set targets even after three years of the launch of the scheme.” Opinion | The hard realities of India’s fast-track courts ‘Low conviction rate’ “The scheme was supposed to deliver the legal mandate for the completion of trial of such cases within one year and yet out of the total 2,68,038 cases that were under trial, only 8,909 cases resulted in conviction,” a statement from the ICPF said. In a set of recommendations to deal with the pendency of POCSO cases in FTSCs, the research paper suggested that the first step would be to ensure all FTSCs are made operational and that a framework should be set up to monitor their functioning based on their output.
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