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Spl courts for speedy trial of Atrocities cases in Maharashtra
Pradip Kumar Maitra, Hindustan Times
Nagpur, April 12, 2011
The state government has agreed to set up special courts for the
speedy trial of cases under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities)Act.
There are about 3,000 pending cases under the Act in Maharashtra. The
Maharashtra minister for Social Justice, Shivajirao Moghe, who was
here on Tuesday, informed tha
t these courts would be set up in each of the six divisional
headquarters in the state to ensure speedy trial of cases.
Responding to a debate on budget allocation for the social justice
ministry, Moghe informed the Assembly on late Monday night that the
chief minister has in principle accepted the proposal and it would be
placed before the cabinet for consideration soon. Later a proposal
would be sent to the high court for an approval.
According to Moghe, the conviction rate in the SC/ST (Prevention of
Atrocities) Act, 1989, was hardly 3% in Maharashtra while it was over
30% in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
"The reason behind low conviction rate in the state is because of
witnesses turning hostile, out-of-court settlements, or insufficient
evidence," he pointed out and said that this was not the case in Bihar
and Uttar Pradesh.
The union minister for Social Justice, Mukul Wasnik, held a meeting in
Mumbai in January this year to review cases under the Atrocities Act
and suggested for setting up of special courts in every division to
clear the pending cases.
According to Wasnik, the state did not have a high rate of conviction
under the Act as there were no special courts for atrocities cases.
"The union social justice ministry has also sought suggestions from
the states as to how the Atrocities Act can be amended for better
results," Moghe said.
He said that the state Social Justice ministry would bear the all
expenses for setting up of special courts, including the salaries and
perks of the proposed court employees. "A budgetary provision was made
in the current financial outlay in this regard," he informed.
Moghe is hopeful that the special courts would become functional in
state from August this year.
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