Fast track court's in India

   In India, many efforts are made to organize the courts and conduct them fairly and in order to provide fair and dignified justice to the people, but one thing concerns us about the different courts of the country. Is, pending litigation figures in court. Around 86% of the cases across the country are pending in the Subordinate Court, while 13.8% of the cases are pending in the High Court and 0.2% of the cases are pending in the Supreme Court, which makes it difficult for innocent people to get justice, as well as to punish the criminals , it also take a lot of time.

  In order to resolve the pending cases, the 11th Finance Commission in 1998 suggested the establishment of a fast track court in the country so that the pending cases should be settled soon. However, initially the Finance Commission proposed to bring it as a 5-year trial, for which they also provided a financial assistance of 500 crores and under this suggestion to timely disposal of long pending cases in the Sessions Court. For this, 1734 fast track courts were established across the country.

  About Fast Track Court

 The task of establishing these fast track courts was to be done by the State Governments, which was to be done on the ad hoc basis by the High Court of the concerned state for which the judges were appointed after consultation with the High Court there.

 When the year 2005 ended its 5-year trial period, in view of its positive result, in the year 2005, the Supreme Court ordered that it be extended for another 5 years. When this period of 5 years ended in 2010, in 2011, the central government stopped providing central finance in this but told the states that they can keep it running with their finances.

 According to the current data, there are 786 fast track courts in the country, although they have been settling cases more easily and quickly than the court, but with the passage of time, the slow and effective functioning of fast track courts are questioning the question.

 Fast track court problems

  Currently, between 6 to 7 lakh cases are pending in the fast track court. Another problem is that given the number of current cases, it can be said that even the number of fast track courts is not enough. Apart from this, there is no uniformity in the country, about 56% of the states and union territories of the country do not have a single fast track court which includes big states like Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat which does not have a single fast track court.

  Apart from this, the work load on them is also increasing, due to which its process is slow and its quality is questioned. The decision process is also slowed due to lack of support personnel. Apart from this, these fast track courts do not have the technical resources, so that they are unable to have the equipment for recording audio video of the victims. Forensic Science Laboratory has its drawbacks, which require a lot to conduct inspection tests on issues such as rape, which results in considerable delay in the decision process. Apart from this, they do not follow the special expeditious procedure for disposal of cases, due to which, like regular courts, the goods suffer from the problem of delay. The hearing date is also extended several times.

 Why Need Fast Track Court

 We need fast track courts in spite of these problems because there is a lot of pending cases in the country, if they are disposed of on time, then the pressure on the goods courts will come down and they will also be able to do their work better. Apart from this, all the cases that come under POSCO should be heard within 6 months which is not possible due to the burden on the goods courts, so fast track courts settle this at the earliest. In the last few years, important cases have been decided under Fast Track Court under which there are Best Bakery Case, Jessica Lal Murder Case, 26/11 Mumbai Case etc. Therefore, the government recently decided to set up 1023 Fast Track Courts in the country. is .

 Fast track court improvement measures

 There are problems in fast track courts, but if they are handled properly and institutionally, then these problems can be overcome. Apart from this, additional judges should be appointed in the fast track court so that the idle can be reduced and its capacity can be improved by making better and structural improvements. Apart from this, if the level of improvement is to be promoted, then the appointments of ad hoc judges are made in them and if the State Governments provide them adequate finance on time then they will definitely see positive changes in their quality and the actual They have been set up to achieve the objective, they will be able to complete it and the number of pending cases will decrease and people will get justice at the earliest.