The Supreme Court today asked the Amicus Curiae to collect data relating to child rape cases from various States and place it before the Court..Amicus Curiae V Giri has been directed to obtain data from various High Courts..This includes data on the number of courts designated as Special Courts under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the number of Special Public Prosecutors appointed under the POCSO Act, the number of Child Rape cases in which FIRs have been registered, the number of such cases which are in the stage of investigation, and the number of such cases in which trial has been completed..The order was passed by a Bench of CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta in the suo motu PIL initiated by Supreme Court concerning the increasing number of child rapes. The Amicus is working with the Court to evolve a mechanism to ensure quick disposal of Child Rape cases..Last week, the Court handed over data to the Amicus which revealed that there are over 24,000 FIRs regarding child rape cases registered in 2019 alone across the country..As per the data collated by the Court, 24,212 FIRs have been registered from January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019 regarding Child Rape. This includes cases at the trial stage and probe stage..Out of the same only, 911 cases have been disposed of. This is four percent of the total..Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of FIRs registered, 3457. It has disposed of 22 FIRs which comes to 3 percent of the total FIRs registered..Chandigarh has the highest disposal rate. 29 FIRs were registered in Chandigarh out of which 12 were disposed of, a disposal percentage of 41..At least 17 States and Union Territories have not disposed of any of the cases.
The Supreme Court today asked the Amicus Curiae to collect data relating to child rape cases from various States and place it before the Court..Amicus Curiae V Giri has been directed to obtain data from various High Courts..This includes data on the number of courts designated as Special Courts under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the number of Special Public Prosecutors appointed under the POCSO Act, the number of Child Rape cases in which FIRs have been registered, the number of such cases which are in the stage of investigation, and the number of such cases in which trial has been completed..The order was passed by a Bench of CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta in the suo motu PIL initiated by Supreme Court concerning the increasing number of child rapes. The Amicus is working with the Court to evolve a mechanism to ensure quick disposal of Child Rape cases..Last week, the Court handed over data to the Amicus which revealed that there are over 24,000 FIRs regarding child rape cases registered in 2019 alone across the country..As per the data collated by the Court, 24,212 FIRs have been registered from January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019 regarding Child Rape. This includes cases at the trial stage and probe stage..Out of the same only, 911 cases have been disposed of. This is four percent of the total..Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of FIRs registered, 3457. It has disposed of 22 FIRs which comes to 3 percent of the total FIRs registered..Chandigarh has the highest disposal rate. 29 FIRs were registered in Chandigarh out of which 12 were disposed of, a disposal percentage of 41..At least 17 States and Union Territories have not disposed of any of the cases.
