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Sexual assault cases:5 fast track courts to be set up in Delhi

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 21 2013 | 7:54 PM IST

The decision to set up the courts came a day after Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit urged Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Darmar Murugesan to immediately make functional five fast track courts.

The Registrar General of the Delhi High Court today sent a letter to Delhi Government communicating the court's acceptance of the recommendation by the Delhi Government, officials said.

Dikshit, in a letter to Justice Murugesan, had urged him to take urgent action in making the fast track courts functional to deal with the cases of sexual assault on women and to provide speedy justice to the victim and conviction of the guilty.

The Delhi Cabinet in October had approved the proposal to set up the courts and later the decision was conveyed to the High Court so that it could make functional the courts.

In her letter, Dikshit had suggested to Justice Murugesan that bail should not be given to those involved in heinous crimes against women.

  

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First Published: Dec 19 2012 | 7:35 PM IST

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