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Delhi to Clear Trial Court Backlog with 427 New Posts, Day-to-Day Hearings
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In Short: With over 20,000 criminal cases listed before Delhi’s trial courts each day, the government is taking steps to address the backlog by creating 427 new posts for fast track special courts (FTSCs), according to reports.
The Delhi government is also building new courts and creating additional posts, with plans to fill existing vacancies on priority.
Trial courts are now directing accused persons to file affidavits containing relevant details before arguments are heard to expedite proceedings and maintain transparency.
What's confirmed
- The Delhi government is also building new courts and creating additional posts, with plans to fill existing vacancies on priority.
- Trial courts are now directing accused persons to file affidavits containing relevant details before arguments are heard to expedite proceedings and maintain transparency.
What's still developing
- “…When the stage of examination of witnesses starts, such examination shall be continued from day-to-day until all the witnesses in attendance have been examined, except for special reasons to be recorded in writing,” it said.
- Nirbhay Thakur is a Senior Correspondent with The Indian Express who primarily covers district courts in Delhi and has reported on the trials of many high-profile cases since 2023.
- With pendency in Delhi’s trial courts rising by around one lakh cases every year, Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Tuesday approved the creation of 427 ancillary posts for 53 fast track special courts (FTSCs) across the Capital, as part of efforts to expand judicial capacity and speed up trials.
- The new posts include 58 readers, 116 stenographers and 116 ahlmads, among others, and are expected to cost the government Rs 37 crore.
- Earlier, posts for 53 judges had been created for the FTSCs with the LG’s approval.
- The additional staff is expected to enable the courts to function effectively.
- There are just over 740 judges in Delhi’s trial courts, a number that has remained stagnant since 2015.
- More than 1,700 posts of court staff are lying vacant against a sanctioned strength of 8,575.