FAST TRACK SPECIAL COURTS

• Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) are dedicated trial courts for time-bound disposal of rape and POCSO Act, 2012 cases, run as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) by the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law & Justice.
• Funded via the Nirbhaya Fund (Central share), the scheme is a direct administrative response to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018 and Supreme Court directions in Suo Motu W.P.(Crl.) No. 1/2019.
• High examinable salience: intersects GS-II (judiciary, women & children), GS-I (social issues), and current affairs (Nirbhaya Fund, POCSO).