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Special Fast-Track Courts to Help in India's Struggle Against Sexual Offences
Special Fast-Track Courts to Help in India's Struggle Against Sexual Offences
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The extension given to special fast-track courts is a step in the right direction and will be helpful in resolving sensitive cases with the necessary urgency, sources told Sputnik India.
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The Narendra Modi-led Indian government's decision to extend by three years the existence of special fast-track courts which seek to deliver swift justice in cases involving sexual offences, will do the desired good, experts and members of the general public feel.In the aftermath of the Nirbhaya case, wherein a young woman was gang-raped and brutally assaulted in a moving bus in 2012 on Delhi roads, the need to have special courts which could deal with such cases was felt strongly across India as a large number of people from different parts of the country protested against the incident that actually shook the conscious of the whole country.Saxena further said that "these special courts has generated confidence among the victims of such horrific crimes as they know they would be listened to."On being asked if the potential offender fears the fact that he would be punished sooner than expected in case of such offence, she said: "certainly, the person who may be thinking on those lines (of indulging in such crimes) would think twice as he knows that related laws also provides the provision of death penalty and since such cases are heard on urgency basis, anything could happen within a very short span of time".The senior lawyer opined that it was a good beginning but a lot has to be done to achieve the desired results from these special courts.
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Special Fast-Track Courts to Help in India's Struggle Against Sexual Offences
The extension given to special fast-track courts is a step in the right direction and will be helpful in resolving sensitive cases with the necessary urgency, sources told Sputnik India.
The Narendra Modi-led Indian government's decision to extend by three years the existence of special fast-track courts which seek to deliver swift justice in cases involving sexual offences, will do the desired good, experts and members of the general public feel.
Speaking to Sputnik India on the issue, Rama Saxena, a school teacher, said: "the very idea of having a fast-track courts to deal with such offences was encouraging as they were to ensure speedy justice to the victims and their families".
In the aftermath of the Nirbhaya case, wherein a young woman was gang-raped and brutally assaulted in a moving bus in 2012 on Delhi roads, the need to have special courts which could deal with such cases was felt strongly across India as a large number of people from different parts of the country protested against the incident that actually shook the conscious of the whole country.
"I don't know If the special fast-track courts have been effective enough in the past years but I'm sure that victims now know their cases would not get dragged unnecessarily and the same would see closure soon," Saxena said, adding that arrangement of special courts to handle cases involving sexual offences is something that should be appreciated by one and all alike.
Saxena further said that "these special courts has generated confidence among the victims of such
horrific crimes as they know they would be listened to."
"The establishment of fast-track courts to manage such sensitive cases has been very reassuring for girls and women in India. It was something that was needed especially when the country has a large number of cases pending in local courts, high courts and even in the supreme court," she said.
On being asked if the potential offender fears the fact that he would be punished sooner than expected in case of such offence, she said: "certainly, the person who may be thinking on those lines (of indulging in such crimes) would think twice as he knows that related laws also provides the provision of
death penalty and since such cases are heard on urgency basis, anything could happen within a very short span of time".
Sharing his insight with Sputnik India on the issue, Vivek Masih, a Delhi High Court lawyer, expressed happiness on the government's decision to extend working of the special fast-track courts by three more years and said these courts were "still in nascent stages and it will take some time before they can show their strength".
The senior lawyer opined that it was a good beginning but a lot has to be done to achieve the desired results from these special courts.
"There's a long way to go," he added.
