Centre proposes spl NIA courts in 17 states, SC seeks their reply

NEW DELHI: On the prodding of Supreme Court, Centre has agreed to acceptable up astatine slightest 1 peculiar tribunal successful each of the 17 states wherever trials of much than 10 panic cases probed by NIA are pending, with a committedness to assistance Rs 1 crore each towards recurring and non-recurring costs, reports Dhananjay Mahaptra.Additional solicitor wide Aishwarya Bhati informed a seat of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and N V Anjaria that the ministry of location affairs had written to the states that it was not advisable to conception abstracted tribunal complexes for the purpose. “It is, however, suggested that authorities govt whitethorn earmark 1 existing tribunal for mounting up a peculiar court, exclusively for proceedings of NIA cases,” the ministry said.The CJI said mounting up of peculiar courts to exclusively woody with NIA-investigated cases was important arsenic galore “unfortunate incidents” were taking place. “Even though the crimes are serious, the accused cannot beryllium kept successful custody without trial, which gets delayed due to the fact that existing courts with a backlog of cases are assigned NIA trials,” helium said.Bhati said recurring and non-recurring expenditures would not see the outgo of the onshore and operation .

The seat issued notices to Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, J&K, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana.Delhi has the highest fig of NIA cases pending astatine 59.