Central funds for Fast Track courts will end in 2015

Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister in-charge law Rowel Lyngdoh today informed the House that the central funding for setting up of fast track courts in Meghalaya will end by 2015.
Lyngdoh was replying to a supplementary question raised by UDP legislator Paul Lyngdoh during the ongoing Budget Session here.
"The government needs to extend this initiative to the eight districts which are yet to be covered with fast track courts since the entire idea of setting up fast track courts is to accelerate the movement of the wheel of justice," he said.
To this, the minister said, "We do not have any intention to establish more fast track courts in other parts of the state as yet, because the funds sanctioned by the Centre for purpose of setting the fast track courts will be over by 2015.

"At present, only three fast track courts located at Shillong (East Khasi Hills), Jowai (West Jaintia Hills) and Tura (West Garo Hills) have been established in the state, he said.
According to him, when the fast track courts' time is over, their pending cases will be taken by the normal courts for disposal.
Paul however said, "This is wrong on the part of the government to say that these fast track courts will be discontinue after 2015, it will be a denial of rights of such weaker sections to justice.
"He added that as per the Supreme Court order, once funding is over, it should be the efforts of the state governments to set up such courts on their own.