1he elevenLh llnance Commlsslon recommended a scheme for creaLlon of 1734 lasL 1rack CourLs ln Lhe counLry for dlsposal of long pendlng Sesslons and oLher cases 1he MlnlsLry of llnance sancLloned an amounL of 8s 30290 crores as speclal problem and upgradaLlon granL" for [udlclal admlnlsLraLlon 1he scheme was for a perlod of 3 years 1he llnance Commlsslon ulvlslon (lCu) MlnlsLry of llnance released funds dlrecLly Lo Lhe sLaLe CovernmenLs under Lhe scheme of lasL 1rack CourLs lL ls Lhe prlmary responslblllLy of Lhe SLaLe CovernmenLs Lo esLabllsh Lhese courLs ln consulLaLlon wlLh Lhe concerned Plgh CourLs 2 1he l1Cs were esLabllshed Lo expedlLlously dlspose of long pendlng cases ln Lhe Sesslons CourLs and long pendlng cases of underLrlal prlsoners 3 1he Lerm of scheme on Lhe lasL 1rack CourLs whlch were recommended by Lhe LlevenLh llnance Commlsslon ended on 31 sL march 2003 1he Supreme CourL whlch ls monlLorlng Lhe funcLlonlng of lasL 1rack CourLs Lhrough Lhe case of 8rl[ Mohan Lal vs uCl Crs observed LhaL Lhe scheme of lasL 1rack CourLs should noL be dlsbanded all of a sudden and ln lLs order daLed 31 sL march 2003 dlrecLed Lhe unlon of lndla Lo conLlnue Lhe lasL 1rack CourLs 4 1he CovernmenL accorded lLs approval for Lhe conLlnuaLlon of 1362 lasL 1rack CourLs LhaL were operaLlonal as on 3132003 for a furLher perlod of 3 years le up Lo 31 sL March 2010 wlLh a provlslon of 8s 309 crores as a 100 per cenL cenLral asslsLance 1he ueparLmenL of !usLlce ls monlLorlng Lhe scheme 1hese l1Cs have dlsposed of 2116 lakh cases ouL of Lhe 2884 lakh cases Lransferred Lo Lhem so far 3 1hls ueparLmenL has requesLed SLaLe CovLs and Lhe Plgh CourLs Lo earmark aLleasL one l1C ln each ulsLrlcL Lo excluslvely deal wlLh cases lnvolvlng senlor clvlzens abuse of women and Lhe dlsabled 6 1he CenLral asslsLance under Lhe above sald scheme ls llmlLed Lo an approved norm le 8s 480 lakh per courL per annum (recurrlng) and 8s 860 lakh (nonrecurrlng) Any expendlLure lncurred by Lhe SLaLe ln excess as recurrlng and /or nonrecurrlng expendlLure would have Lo be borne by Lhe SLaLe CovernmenL uurlng Lhe flnanclal year 200306 an amounL of 8s 10000 crore has been released Lo Lhe SLaLes (Annexl) uurlng Lhe flnanclal year 200607 an amounL of 8s 10293 crore was released Lo Lhe SLaLe CovernmenLs (Annexll) uurlng Lhe year 200708 an amounL of 8s 3720 crore was released (Annexlll) 7 A sLaLemenL lndlcaLlng Lhe number of lasL 1rack CourLs esLabllshed and Lhe cases Lransferred Lo Lhem and dlsposed of ls aLLached as Annexurelv Annexurel SLaLemenL showlng amounL released durlng 200306 under lasL 1rack CourLs (8s ln lakhs) Sl no name of Lhe sLaLe SancLloned under recurrlng expendlLure SancLloned under nonrecurrlng expendlLure 1oLal sancLloned 1 Andhra radesh 41280 13770 33030 2 Arunachal radesh 1440 480 1920 3 Assam 9600 3200 12800 4 8lhar 72000 24030 96030 3 ChhaLLlsgarh 14880 4960 19840 6 Coa 2400 800 3200 7 Cu[araL 79680 26600 106280 8 Paryana 7680 2360 10240 9 P 4320 1440 3760 10 !harkhand 42720 14260 36980 11 karnaLaka 44640 14900 39340 12 kerala 14880 4960 19840 13 Madhya radesh 31680 10370 42230 14 MaharashLra 89760 29960 119720 13 Manlpur 960 320 1280 16 Meghalaya 1440 480 1920 17 Mlzoram 1440 480 1920 18 nagaland 960 320 1280 19 Crlssa 19680 6360 26240 20 un[ab 8640 2880 11320 21 8a[asLhan 39840 13300 33140 22 1amll nadu 23320 7830 31370 23 1rlpura 1440 480 1920 24 u 21600 7200 28800 23 uLLarakhand 116201 38779 134980 26 WesL 8engal 37120 19060 76180 1oLal 749801 230199 1000000Annexurell SLaLemenL showlng amounL released durlng 200607 under Lhe lasL 1rack CourLs (8s ln lakhs) Sl no name of Lhe sLaLe SancLloned under recurrlng expendlLure SancLloned under nonrecurrlng expendlLure 1oLal sancLloned 1 Andhra radesh 41280 0 41280 2 Arunachal radesh 1440 0 1440 3 Assam 9600 0 9600 4 8lhar 72000 0 72000 3 ChhaLLlsgarh 12960 0 12960 6 Coa 2400 0 2400 7 Cu[araL 71320 64070 133390 8 Paryana 3360 0 3360 9 P 4320 037 4337 10 !harkhand 22600 0 22600 11 karnaLaka 34080 27000 61080 12 kerala 14880 0 14880 13 Madhya radesh 21340 0 21340 14 MaharashLra 80160 30000 110160 13 Manlpur 960 0 960 16 Meghalaya 1440 0 1440 17 Mlzoram 1440 328 1768 18 nagaland 960 838 1818 19 Crlssa 19680 0 19680 20 un[ab 4800 0 4800 21 8a[asLhan 39840 33324 73364 22 1amll nadu 23320 0 23320 23 1rlpura 380 0 380 24 u 210720 96849 307369 23 uLLarakhand 21600 0 21600 26 WesL 8engal 37120 0 37120 1oLal 774600 234666 1029266Annexurelll SLaLemenL showlng amounL released durlng 200708 under Lhe lasL 1rack CourLs (8s ln lakh) Sl no name of Lhe sLaLe SancLloned under recurrlng expendlLure (200708) (8s ln lakhs) no of l1Cs for whlch granLs sancLloned 1 Andhra radesh 41280 86 2 Arunachal radesh 1440 3 3 Assam 9600 20 4 8lhar 72000 130 3 ChhaLLlsgarh 12960 27 6 Coa 2400 3 7 Cu[araL 37120 119 8 Paryana 6720 14 9 P 0 0 10 !harkhand 19017 48 11 karnaLaka 23040 48 12 kerala 14880 31 13 Madhya radesh 23980 66 14 MaharashLra 78240 163 13 Manlpur 960 2 16 Meghalaya 0 0 17 Mlzoram 1440 3 18 nagaland 960 2 19 Crlssa 13840 33 20 un[ab 3120 17 21 8a[asLhan 39840 83 22 1amll nadu 23320 49 23 1rlpura 0 0 24 u 49332 242 23 uLLarakhand 12960 36 26 WesL 8engal 37120 119