The Nirbhaya committee, which decides the usage of Nirbhaya fund, has approved a proposal to set up 1,023 fast track courts to handle pending rape cases and cases that come under the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The whole project — proposed by the law and justice ministry — will cost around […]

There has been a lot of noise around women filing fake rape cases in India in the past few years. It was in 2013, that the law saw many amendments and newer committees were set up to prevent rape and to create better awareness around sexual crimes in the country. Earlier than that, there was […]

Close to two decades ago, the federal government came up with the idea of having Fast Track Courts (FTC) to expedite the process in cases of crimes against women and reduce the backlog of lakhs of cases within the judiciary. Even after the central government released funds to build FTCs, over 14 states and some Union Territories still […]

Ministry of Home Affairs for the first time has stood up to lend focused approach to tackle crime against women. In this regard, MHA has set up a separate division to deal with issues of women’s safety in coordination with relevant ministries, departments and state governments on Friday. To head this division, the ministry has […]

The UP government, under Chief Minister Yogi Aditya Nath, has proposed setting up 100 special fast-track courts in different districts of UP to provide justice to crimes against women. The proposal is pending before the finance department since it requires around Rs 400 crore to be funded. The proposal requires creating an infrastructure and appointing resources […]