PM Modi wants fast-track courts for paper leak cases, but backlogs are mounting
Despite Prime Minister Modi's call for fast-track courts to handle paper leak cases, official data shows that existing special courts are overwhelmed with a backlog of over 2.45 lakh cases. The Law Ministry reported that disposal rates are failing to keep pace with the influx of new cases.
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for establishing fast-track courts to ensure speedy trials in paper leak cases, data tabled by the Union Law Ministry in Parliament on Friday (July 24, 2026) showed that the country’s existing Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) are burdened with a backlog of 2.45 lakh pending cases.
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