3.2 million cases pending in India's 1,000 fast track courts
11 years, 3 months ago

3.2 million cases pending in India's 1,000 fast track courts

Firstpost  

India’s over 1,000 fast track courts, set up for moving the wheels of justice faster, have decided more than 3.2 million cases in the past 11 years, but a whopping 32 million cases are still pending, according to available official data. New Delhi: India’s over 1,000 fast track courts, set up for moving the wheels of justice faster, have decided more than 3.2 million cases in the past 11 years, but a whopping 32 million cases are still pending, according to available official data. Law and Justice Minister Kapil Sibal said in the Lok Sabha that a total of 3,292,785 cases were disposed of by the 1,192 Fast Track Courts till March 2011. Leading the chart of cases tackled, Gujarat’s 61 fast track courts disposed of 434,296 cases, followed by 153 courts in Uttar Pradesh which decided 411,658 cases.

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Hyderabad: Fast track court creeks under backlog of Pocso cases
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Hyderabad: Fast track court creeks under backlog of Pocso cases

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Public prosecutors want more fast-track courts to address the growing backlog of cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act Act. “When the High Court notices a consistent rise in such cases, it proposes the establishment of a fast track court to the central government. “Considering the gravity and pendency of Pocso cases, we definitely need more …

Assam's Chirang court achieves zero pendency of cases: Report
2 months, 1 week ago

Assam's Chirang court achieves zero pendency of cases: Report

Hindustan Times  

The Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Assam's Chirang district achieved a rare feat by clearing all pending cases by the end of 2024, news agency ANI reported. In a country where as per the National Judicial Data Grid more than 4.5 crore cases are pending in district and subordinate courts alone, this Chirang court achieved zero pendency. Additionally, the conviction …

Gujarat's local courts have 15.61 lakh pending cases; 535 judicial vacancies
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Gujarat's local courts have 15.61 lakh pending cases; 535 judicial vacancies

New Indian Express  

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat's District and Subordinate Courts are grappling with a staggering backlog of 15.61 lakh pending cases, the Central government revealed in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. As of November 15, 2024, the pending cases include 3.5 lakh civil cases, 12.11 lakh criminal cases, and an additional 50,128 cases in Family Courts as of September 30, 2024. The Law Ministry, …

Fast-track courts face challenges in resources and efficiency
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Fast-track courts face challenges in resources and efficiency

The Hindu  

Fast-track courts in India were established to address the phenomenal judicial backlog and ensure the timely delivery of justice. Chart 2| The chart shows the number of fast-track courts established between 2018 to 2023 While States such as Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu have maintained a high number of operational courts, others have far fewer or, in some cases, …

Slow motion
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Slow motion

Times of India  

Times of India’s Edit Page team comprises senior journalists with wide-ranging interests who debate and opine on the news and issues of the day. With an almost 50% pendency, fast-track courts are of little help when there’re policing & forensic deficits Junior medics in several cities struck work in solidarity with Kolkata’s doctors strike after the rape-murder of a junior …

Legally Speaking | From arrests to trials to judgments: A look at the track record of the Enforcement Directorate
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Legally Speaking | From arrests to trials to judgments: A look at the track record of the Enforcement Directorate

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court, on August 7, 2024, commented on the low number of convictions secured by the Enforcement Directorate, despite registering 5,000 odd cases. On August 6, 2024, the Union ministry of home affairs informed Parliament that, from 2014-2024, a total of 5,297 cases were registered under the PMLA and conviction was secured in 40 cases and acquittals in three. …

434 cases pending against MPs and MLAs in Odisha
9 months, 2 weeks ago

434 cases pending against MPs and MLAs in Odisha

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK : Latest reports received from judges across all the 30 districts have indicated that 434 cases were pending against MPs and MLAs in the designated courts in Odisha as on May 31, 2024. The monthly reports were being submitted since the Orissa High Court registered a suo motu case with the title ‘In Re: designated courts for MPs/MLAs’ on …

Orissa High Court registers case clearance rate of 113.81% in first five months of 2024
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Orissa High Court registers case clearance rate of 113.81% in first five months of 2024

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: As many as 1,44,418 cases are pending in the Orissa High Court of which 65,658 cases are over five years old, as per the National Judicial Data Grid on June 5. However, the records available in the Orissa High Court website indicate that 42,987 cases were disposed of during the first five months of this year. With a case …

Patna High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 22 - January 28, 2024
1 year, 1 month ago

Patna High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 22 - January 28, 2024

Live Law  

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Fast track courts disposing of just 28 POCSO cases per year on average: research paper
1 year, 3 months ago

Fast track courts disposing of just 28 POCSO cases per year on average: research paper

The Hindu  

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 …

Cabinet approves continuation of fast track courts for trying sexual offences for 3 years
1 year, 3 months ago

Cabinet approves continuation of fast track courts for trying sexual offences for 3 years

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet on November 29 approved the continuation of fast-track courts, dedicated to dispensation of justice in cases of sexual offences, for a period of three years. The Fast Track Special Court, a centrally Total cost for three years The total cost of running the scheme for the three-year period would be ₹1,952.23 crore out of which ₹1,207.24 crore …

Cases Against Lawmakers: SC for Special Bench
1 year, 4 months ago

Cases Against Lawmakers: SC for Special Bench

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: In an attempt to fast-track trials in more than 5,000 criminal cases against lawmakers, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed high courts to set up a special bench to monitor cases for their speedy disposal. “The learned Chief Justice of the high court shall register a suo motu case titled 'In re designated courts for MPs/MLAs' to monitor …

Over 4 Crore Cases Pending In Trial Courts; More Than 60 Lakh Backlogs In High Courts : Law Ministry
1 year, 7 months ago

Over 4 Crore Cases Pending In Trial Courts; More Than 60 Lakh Backlogs In High Courts : Law Ministry

Live Law  

In response to questions raised by various Members of Parliament in Lok Sabha, the Union Law Ministry has replied that there are over 4,43,92,136 pending cases in various District and Subordinate Courts across the country, as on July 24. In these pending cases around 1 Lakh cases are more than 30 years old.The highest number of pendency is in Uttar …

Parliament Monsoon Session: Over 71,000 cases pending in high courts for more than 30 years, says Law Minister
1 year, 7 months ago

Parliament Monsoon Session: Over 71,000 cases pending in high courts for more than 30 years, says Law Minister

India TV News  

Lok Sabha: More than 71,000 cases are pending in various high courts across the country for over 30 years, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal told Lok Sabha on Friday. In a written reply to a question, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said that as on July 24 this year, 71,204 cases were pending in high courts for over 30 years. …

India's records over 5,000 fresh Covid cases, active caseload stands at 25,587
1 year, 11 months ago

India's records over 5,000 fresh Covid cases, active caseload stands at 25,587

India TV News  

India recorded 5,335 fresh cases of Covid19 on Wednesday while the active caseload stood at 25,587, according to a Union health ministry data updated on Thursday. The active cases now comprise 0.06 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate has been recorded at 98.75 per cent, according to the health ministry website. Mumbai COVID cases: …

No pending cases older than 50 years in Supreme Court: Kiren Rijiju
2 years ago

No pending cases older than 50 years in Supreme Court: Kiren Rijiju

Hindustan Times  

The minister of law and justice Kiren Rijiju on Thursday informed Parliament that there are no pending cases that are more than 50 years, civil or criminal, in the Supreme Court. However, the high courts had as many as 1,514 civil and criminal cases pending, that were over 50 years old, said Rijiju said in a written reply. Across different …

Data Shows Over 7 Lakh Cases Pending Due To Non Availability Of Counsel In Bihar; Patna High Court Calls Figures Alarming, Seeks Verified Data
2 years, 1 month ago

Data Shows Over 7 Lakh Cases Pending Due To Non Availability Of Counsel In Bihar; Patna High Court Calls Figures Alarming, Seeks Verified Data

Live Law  

The Patna High Court on Friday issued a slew of directions while hearing a Public Interest Litigation dealing with the issue of effective implementation of Chapter XXI-A of the Cr.P.C that pertains to the disposal of the criminal cases through ‘plea bargaining’. The division bench of the Acting Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh and Justice Partha Sarthy directed the Member …

Pendency of 50-year-old cases high in HCs; Calcutta leads with 1,192: Law minister
2 years, 1 month ago

Pendency of 50-year-old cases high in HCs; Calcutta leads with 1,192: Law minister

Hindustan Times  

Pending cases dating, some more than 50 years old, exist more in high courts than the district courts, Union law minister Kiren Rijiju told the Parliament on Thursday, indicating that the Centre has no role to play in bringing down the pendency of cases as the solution to that lies within the domain of the judiciary. Replying to a question …

Case pendency in HCs, district courts highest this year: Govt in LS
2 years, 3 months ago

Case pendency in HCs, district courts highest this year: Govt in LS

Hindustan Times  

All high courts and district courts had more cases pending this year than in any previous year, according to data released by the government on Friday that showed 42.5 million cases yet to be concluded in the lower courts and 5.3 million in the appellate courts. The data released by the government came in response to a set of questions …

Nearly 1000 Cases Against MPs/MLAs Pending For Over 5 Years : Amicus Seeks Special Directions From Supreme Court For Speedy Trial
2 years, 4 months ago

Nearly 1000 Cases Against MPs/MLAs Pending For Over 5 Years : Amicus Seeks Special Directions From Supreme Court For Speedy Trial

Live Law  

On the last date of hearing, the Apex Court had directed all the High Courts to file an affidavit before it, indicating the number of criminal cases pertaining to MPs/MLAs pending for a period in excess of 5 years and explaining the steps taken to ensure expeditious conclusion of these trials. The petition was filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, seeking …

Justice delayed: Over 1 lakh cases in lower courts more than 30 years old
2 years, 6 months ago

Justice delayed: Over 1 lakh cases in lower courts more than 30 years old

India Today  

The issue of judicial pendency has been much talked about over the years. The 25 high courts together have 49.48 lakh pending cases, while the Supreme Court has a total of 70,310 pending cases. More than one lakh cases pending in the district courts are over 30 years old. These include: Uttar Pradesh -- 41,434 Maharashtra -- 23,522 West Bengal …

Set Up More Fast Track Courts: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju Writes To High Court Chief Justices
2 years, 6 months ago

Set Up More Fast Track Courts: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju Writes To High Court Chief Justices

Live Law  

Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju has written a letter to the Chief Justices of the High Courts based upon a review of the status of functioning of the existing Fast Track Courts and Fast Track Special Courts set up under Centrally The Law Minister in the letter pointed out that the safety and security of our women, …

Slow wheels of justice
2 years, 7 months ago

Slow wheels of justice

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 26, 2022 15:45 IST For long the issue of delayed justice has been highlighted in the media and endlessly debated in civil forums. The National Judicial Data Grid displays case dashboards on its website that give a thorough breakdown of the situation, with separate portals for District and High Courts, and provide a broader picture of how …

Over 11.4L cases pending in family courts, must be settled expeditiously: LS MPs
2 years, 8 months ago

Over 11.4L cases pending in family courts, must be settled expeditiously: LS MPs

Hindustan Times  

Lok Sabha MPs on Tuesday flagged that over 11.4 lakh cases are pending in family courts across the country and called for their speedy settlement. Bhartruhari Mahtab of the Biju Janata Dal also echoed his views and said the government should say what is it doing to settle the pending cases in the family courts. Two family courts were established …

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Permanent Hearing Of Cases Pending In Allahabad HC Pertaining To Western UP Through Hybrid Mode
2 years, 8 months ago

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Permanent Hearing Of Cases Pending In Allahabad HC Pertaining To Western UP Through Hybrid Mode

Live Law  

A plea has been filed in Supreme Court seeking for permanent hearing of cases pending in Allahabad High Court pertaining to Western UP through hybrid mode. The National Judicial Data Grid shows that approximately 10,26,714 cases are pending before Hon"ble Allahabad High Court & its Bench at Lucknow. The distance of various other High Courts closer to Meerut This is …

Data | Justice delayed: 1 crore cases pending for over 5 years, 76% prisoners are undertrials
2 years, 8 months ago

Data | Justice delayed: 1 crore cases pending for over 5 years, 76% prisoners are undertrials

The Hindu  

More than four crore cases are pending in the lower courts of India, of which about 25% have been pending for over five years. In Bihar and West Bengal, the number of cases pending per capita is lower than the national average but over 40% of them are pending for more than 5 years — a supply-side issue. has the …

Explained | Over 47 million cases pending in courts: clogged state of Indian judiciary
2 years, 10 months ago

Explained | Over 47 million cases pending in courts: clogged state of Indian judiciary

The Hindu  

May 10, 2022 11:30 am | Updated May 13, 2022 02:13 pm IST The story so far: The judicial system in India is under tremendous pressure. The Ministry of Law and Justice had earlier this year informed the Lok Sabha that 3.7 crore cases – 3.2 crore in subordinate courts and 46.8 lakh in High Courts – were pending in …

'Over 40 Million Cases Pending; Something Drastic Has To Be Done' : Attorney General Rings Alarm Bells On Pendency
2 years, 10 months ago

'Over 40 Million Cases Pending; Something Drastic Has To Be Done' : Attorney General Rings Alarm Bells On Pendency

Live Law  

On Friday, the Supreme Court Bar Association held a reception in honour of Chief Justices of different High Courts at the Supreme Court premises. Venugopal talked about what he thought was the primary impediment towards building an effective justice delivery system - the burgeoning pendency of cases at all levels of judiciary. For a better understanding of the hopeless situation, …

Over 4 Crore Cases Pending Before District Courts Across Country, About 59 Lakh In High Courts, 70K In Supreme Court: Law Ministry
2 years, 11 months ago

Over 4 Crore Cases Pending Before District Courts Across Country, About 59 Lakh In High Courts, 70K In Supreme Court: Law Ministry

Live Law  

The Ministry of Law and Justice informed Lok Sabha that disposal of pending cases in courts is within the domain of the judiciary and Government has no role in disposal. Law Minister Kiren Rijiju stated that timely disposal of cases in courts depends on several factors which, inter-alia, include availability of adequate number of judges and judicial officers, supporting court …

Bombay HC seeks data of pending cases against MPs and MLAs in Maharashtra
3 years ago

Bombay HC seeks data of pending cases against MPs and MLAs in Maharashtra

India Today  

The Bombay High Court on Saturday directed its Registry to submit details of cases where the trial court criminal proceedings against MPs and MLAs in the state have been stayed by orders of the High Court at its various benches in Maharashtra and Goa. The bench called for a list of all pending criminal cases involving sitting or former legislators, …

Over 500 Criminal Cases Pending Against MP/MLAs In Maharashtra, Goa; Maximum Cases In Amravati District, Zero In Naxal Belt Of Gadchiroli
3 years ago

Over 500 Criminal Cases Pending Against MP/MLAs In Maharashtra, Goa; Maximum Cases In Amravati District, Zero In Naxal Belt Of Gadchiroli

Live Law  

Amravati district of Maharashtra has the highest number of pending cases against MPs and MLAs in Maharashtra, while the Naxal infested Gadchiroli doesn't have a single pending case against sitting and former legislators, data submitted to the Bombay High Court revealed. Out of nearly 500 cases pending in various trial courts in Maharashtra, Amravati and Parbhani have 45 and 40 …

244 Criminal Cases Pending Against MPs/MLAs In WB: Calcutta High Court Seeks Report On Existing Infra Facilities At Special Courts
3 years, 2 months ago

244 Criminal Cases Pending Against MPs/MLAs In WB: Calcutta High Court Seeks Report On Existing Infra Facilities At Special Courts

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Monday took on record an affidavit filed by the High Court administration detailing the status of pending criminal cases against MPs and MLAs in various courts across the State of West Bengal. The Court was hearing suo-motu petition initiated in view of the directions issued by the Supreme Court asking the Chief Justices of the …

For Speedy Trial Of Cases Against MPs/MLAs, Special/CBI Courts Need To Be Set Up In Different Parts Of The State Where More Than 100 Cases Are Pending : Supreme Court
3 years, 7 months ago

For Speedy Trial Of Cases Against MPs/MLAs, Special/CBI Courts Need To Be Set Up In Different Parts Of The State Where More Than 100 Cases Are Pending : Supreme Court

Live Law  

Expressing deep concern at the long pendency of criminal cases against sitting and former MPs/MLAs, the Supreme Court has called for the establishment of more Special/CBI Courts to deal with such matters.The Court said that the establishment of only one Special Court to try cases against legislators in a State with large number of such cases will be a travesty …

1.80 lakh criminal cases pending in Allahabad High Court: UP govt tells Supreme Court
3 years, 7 months ago

1.80 lakh criminal cases pending in Allahabad High Court: UP govt tells Supreme Court

India Today  

Around 1.80 lakh criminal cases are pending in the Allahabad High Court, which presently has a vacancy of 67 judges. "As of August 2021, there are about 1,83,000 criminal appeals pending in both the Lucknow bench and the Allahabad High Court," the UP government and the Allahabad High Court registry informed a Supreme Court bench headed by Justice SK Kaul. …

Cabinet approves continuation of scheme for fast track special courts
3 years, 7 months ago

Cabinet approves continuation of scheme for fast track special courts

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the continuation of the centrally The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the continuation of the scheme with an outlay of ₹1572.86 crore -- Rs.971.70 crore as Centre's share and ₹601.16 crore as states' share. The occurrence of such incidents and prolonged trials of convicts had necessitated the creating of …

Undue Delay In Investigation Infringes Right To Fair & Expeditious Trial Under Article 21: Punjab & Haryana High Court Observes In MP/MLA Criminal Case
3 years, 9 months ago

Undue Delay In Investigation Infringes Right To Fair & Expeditious Trial Under Article 21: Punjab & Haryana High Court Observes In MP/MLA Criminal Case

Live Law  

"Undue delay in concluding an investigation is infringement to right to fair and expeditious investigation and trial which flows from Article 21 of the Constitution," the Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed. The remarks have been made by a Division Bench of Justices Rajan Gupta and Karamjit Singh in the suo moto case for expeditious disposal of criminal cases …

Uttar Pradesh courts gave the most number of death sentences last year
4 years, 2 months ago

Uttar Pradesh courts gave the most number of death sentences last year

Live Mint  

Trial courts in India imposed a total of 77 death sentences involving 76 prisoners in 2020, a study by Project 39a, a New-Delhi based litigation and research group, has found. Courts in Uttar Pradesh sentenced those accused in 13 cases to capital punishment, making the state the most with death sentences in India last year. The total number of death …

About 3.5 Crore Cases Pending In Indian District Courts: Plea In Supreme Court For Appointment Of More Judges In Subordinate Judiciary
4 years, 2 months ago

About 3.5 Crore Cases Pending In Indian District Courts: Plea In Supreme Court For Appointment Of More Judges In Subordinate Judiciary

Live Law  

A public interest litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court, underscoring the issue of long pendency of cases in Subordinates Courts in India, inter alia seeking formal guidelines and rule of procedures for the appointment of judges within the time-bound duration. The Petitioner pointed out that about 3.5 crore cases are pending in Indian District Courts, out of which …

[Criminal Cases Against MPs/MLAs] Orissa HC Takes Suo Moto Notice And Directs State Govt. to Compile Data Of Pending Cases [Read Order]
4 years, 6 months ago

[Criminal Cases Against MPs/MLAs] Orissa HC Takes Suo Moto Notice And Directs State Govt. to Compile Data Of Pending Cases [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court on Wednesday heard the suo motu writ petition which was listed pursuant to order dated 16.09.2020 passed by the Supreme Court in Writ Petition No.699 of 2016 regarding Special Courts for MPs/MLAs. It may be noted that the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Chief Justices of the High Courts to formulate an action plan to …

8,000 cases pending for over 5 years in labour courts, tribunals
4 years, 6 months ago

8,000 cases pending for over 5 years in labour courts, tribunals

The Hindu  

More than 8,000 cases were pending with the industrial tribunals and labour courts for more than five years, the Labour and Employment Ministry told the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar told Nationalist Congress Party MP Fauzia Khan that 8,008 cases and 2,257 applications had been pending with the 22 Central government Industrial Tribunals-cum-Labour Courts, set up …

Over 51 Lakh Cases Pending in Indian High Courts; 3.5 Crore In District & Subordinate Courts [Read Statement]
4 years, 6 months ago

Over 51 Lakh Cases Pending in Indian High Courts; 3.5 Crore In District & Subordinate Courts [Read Statement]

Live Law  

As per the data released by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice, over 51 lakh cases are pending in various High Courts across the country and almost 3.5 crore cases are pending in lower Courts of the country. With over 7 lakh unresolved litigations, the Allahabad High Court tops the list of High Courts Backlogs, followed by the Punjab …

4,442 cases pending against legislators across country
4 years, 6 months ago

4,442 cases pending against legislators across country

The Hindu  

A report submitted in the Supreme Court has said there are a total 4,442 cases pending against legislators across the country. The cases were pending in various special courts exclusively set up to try criminal cases registered against politicians, it said. The report was filed on Tuesday by the apex court’s amicus curiae and senior advocate Vijay Hansaria, assisted by …

India’s Covid-19 cases hit 300,000 mark
4 years, 9 months ago

India’s Covid-19 cases hit 300,000 mark

Hindustan Times  

India became only the fourth country in the world -- after the United States, Brazil and Russia -- to report more than 300,000 cases of the coronavirus disease on Friday, 103 days since the start of the outbreak in the country, with the latest 100,000 cases added in just the last 10 days, according to HT’s Covid-19 dashboard. The country …

In highest single-day spike, India records 2,364 cases, more than 1,000 in Maharashtra
4 years, 10 months ago

In highest single-day spike, India records 2,364 cases, more than 1,000 in Maharashtra

Hindustan Times  

India recorded the highest single-day spike in Covid-19 infections with 2,364 cases on Friday, the first time the country has reported more than 2,000 daily cases of the disease that first showed up in Kerala more than three months ago. The previous highest daily count was 1,907 cases that was reported on April 28, also the day India crossed 30,000 …

Victims, attorneys want courts to handle more cases; thousands delayed by Covid-19
4 years, 11 months ago

Victims, attorneys want courts to handle more cases; thousands delayed by Covid-19

NL Times  

Despite the coronavirus crisis, courts urgently need to handle more criminal cases, according to defense lawyers, the Bar Association, and victims. "Postponing cases will only increase the already long lead times," spokesperson Jytte Reichert said to NOS. On March 6th, shortly before the coronavirus really became a crisis in the Netherlands, the Public Prosecution Service reported that some 23 thousand …

Yogi govt to set up 218 fast track courts to hear rape and POCSO cases
5 years, 3 months ago

Yogi govt to set up 218 fast track courts to hear rape and POCSO cases

Op India  

In the wake of the rampant rape and child abuse cases being reported, the Uttar Pradesh government has on Monday decided to set up 218 fast track courts in the state to deal with such crimes on an urgent basis. According to an India Today report, the Yogi Adityanath government is planning to set up 144 fast track courts to …

With hundreds of economic offence cases pending for 2 decades, SIT calls for special courts to punish lawbreakers within year
5 years, 6 months ago

With hundreds of economic offence cases pending for 2 decades, SIT calls for special courts to punish lawbreakers within year

Firstpost  

While there is a sharp increase of 226 percent in the number of complaints against economic offences, the prosecution of offenders is hit by delays and hundreds of cases have been pending for more than two decades New Delhi: While there is a sharp increase of 226 percent in the number of complaints against economic offences, the prosecution of offenders …

Coming soon: Over 1,000 fast-track courts to settle pending rape cases
5 years, 7 months ago

Coming soon: Over 1,000 fast-track courts to settle pending rape cases

India TV News  

The process of setting up of over 1,000 fast-track special courts across the country to deal with pending cases of rape is likely to begin on October 2, the Law Ministry has said. The Department of Justice in the Law Ministry had proposed to set up 1,023 fast-track courts at a total budget of Rs 767.25 crore. In a letter …

The hard realities of India’s fast-track courts
5 years, 7 months ago

The hard realities of India’s fast-track courts

The Hindu  

Fast-track courts are in the limelight yet again. State-by-State variations With all these years of experience and money spent, it is discomforting to see not only the decline of FTCs across the country but also systemic issues prevalent in the States that have the courts. In a survey of FTCs conducted by National Law University Delhi, it was observed that …

Out of 43 lakh cases pending in HCs, over 8 lakh a decade old
5 years, 8 months ago

Out of 43 lakh cases pending in HCs, over 8 lakh a decade old

India TV News  

More than 43 lakh cases are pending in the 25 high courts in the country and over 8 lakh of these are over a decade old, the Rajya Sabha was informed Thursday. Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in a written reply said 43.55 lakh cases are pending in the high court and out of these, 18.75 lakh relate to civil …

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