NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday responded to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighting incidents of rape instances throughout India. The Centra mentioned that West Bengal has been allotted 123 fast-track courts, however most of them usually are not useful but.
Union minister Annuparna Devi responded to Mamata’s letter and mentioned, “”As of 30.06.2024, 752 FTSCs together with 409 unique POCSO Courts are useful in 30 States/UTs which have disposed of greater than 2,53,000 instances for the reason that inception of scheme.Underneath the scheme, the State of West Bengal was allotted a complete of 123 FTSCs, which included 20 unique POCSO Courts and 103 mixed FTSCs coping with each rape and POCSO Act instances. Nevertheless, none of those courts had been operationalized until mid-June, 2023.”
“The State of West Bengal communicated its willingness to take part within the Scheme vide letter dated 08.06.2023, committing to begin 7 FTSCs. Underneath the revised goal, West Bengal has been allotted 17 FTSCs, of which solely 6 unique POCSO Courts have been operationalized as of 30.06 2024. Despite a pendency of 48,600 rape and POCSO instances in West Bengal, the State Authorities has not taken any steps to begin the remaining 11 FTSCS. Motion on this regard is pending with the state authorities,” she added.
The Union minister additionally mentioned that not too long ago carried out Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita “comprehensively addresses the problems of crimes in opposition to ladies by offering stringent punishments”
This comes days after Mamata wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on growing variety of rapes throughout the nation and the way the proposed laws can guarantee speedy justice.
“I want to convey to your form consideration the common and growing occurence of rape instances all through the nation and in lots of instances, rapes with homicide are dedicated,” wrote Banerjee in her letter to PM Modi.
“In response to the accessible information, it’s horrifying to see that nearly 90 instances of rapes happen every day all through the nation. This shakes the arrogance and conscience of the society and the nation. It’s bounden responsibility for all of us to place an finish to it in order that the ladies really feel protected and safe,” she mentioned.
“Such critical and delicate difficulty must be addressed in a complete method by stringent central laws prescribing exemplary punishment in opposition to the individuals concerned in such dastardly crimes. Organising of Quick Monitor Particular Courts for quick trial in such instances must also be thought-about within the proposed laws. To make sure fast justice, trial in such instances ought to ideally be accomplished inside 15 days,” added Mamata.
Union minister Annuparna Devi responded to Mamata’s letter and mentioned, “”As of 30.06.2024, 752 FTSCs together with 409 unique POCSO Courts are useful in 30 States/UTs which have disposed of greater than 2,53,000 instances for the reason that inception of scheme.Underneath the scheme, the State of West Bengal was allotted a complete of 123 FTSCs, which included 20 unique POCSO Courts and 103 mixed FTSCs coping with each rape and POCSO Act instances. Nevertheless, none of those courts had been operationalized until mid-June, 2023.”
“The State of West Bengal communicated its willingness to take part within the Scheme vide letter dated 08.06.2023, committing to begin 7 FTSCs. Underneath the revised goal, West Bengal has been allotted 17 FTSCs, of which solely 6 unique POCSO Courts have been operationalized as of 30.06 2024. Despite a pendency of 48,600 rape and POCSO instances in West Bengal, the State Authorities has not taken any steps to begin the remaining 11 FTSCS. Motion on this regard is pending with the state authorities,” she added.
The Union minister additionally mentioned that not too long ago carried out Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita “comprehensively addresses the problems of crimes in opposition to ladies by offering stringent punishments”
This comes days after Mamata wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on growing variety of rapes throughout the nation and the way the proposed laws can guarantee speedy justice.
“I want to convey to your form consideration the common and growing occurence of rape instances all through the nation and in lots of instances, rapes with homicide are dedicated,” wrote Banerjee in her letter to PM Modi.
“In response to the accessible information, it’s horrifying to see that nearly 90 instances of rapes happen every day all through the nation. This shakes the arrogance and conscience of the society and the nation. It’s bounden responsibility for all of us to place an finish to it in order that the ladies really feel protected and safe,” she mentioned.
“Such critical and delicate difficulty must be addressed in a complete method by stringent central laws prescribing exemplary punishment in opposition to the individuals concerned in such dastardly crimes. Organising of Quick Monitor Particular Courts for quick trial in such instances must also be thought-about within the proposed laws. To make sure fast justice, trial in such instances ought to ideally be accomplished inside 15 days,” added Mamata.
