Fast track court scheme extended till Mar 2011

[Avnish Jolly]

Fast track court scheme extended till Mar 2011
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In the last 10 years, all the fast track courts have been able to
dispose 28.38 lakh cases out of 35.02 lakh cases transferred to them
Published on 07/15/2010 - 10:39:31 AM
New Delhi: The central government extended by a year its decade-old
fast track court scheme under which it provides funds to states for
speedy disposal of criminal cases.

The decision to grant a year-long extension to the scheme was taken in
a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Information and Broadcasting Minister
Ambika Soni said.

She said the scheme of the fast track courts was approved for a
further period of one year till March 31, 2011.

Following the extension of the scheme, all the 1,562 fast track courts
established across the country will be given a central assistance at
the rate of Rs 4.80 lakh per court for another year, she said.

The parliament has already approved a budget provision of Rs 75 crore,
the Minister added, reports IANS.

In the last 10 years, all the fast track courts have been able to
dispose 28.38 lakh cases out of 35.02 lakh cases transferred to them.

A total of 1,743 fast track courts were set up in 2000-01 following a
recommendation by the Eleventh Finance Commission, which had mooted
the idea for expeditious disposal of long-pending criminal cases.

The Ministry of Finance had subsequently sanctioned an amount of Rs
502.90 crore for establishment of 1,743 fast track courts, which were
originally proposed to be set up for a period of five years till
2005.

Later in 2005, when the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance
government dragged its feet in extending the scheme, implemented by
its predecessor the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic
Alliance government, the Supreme Court intervened and the scheme was
extended for another five years.