Three special courts in Delhi to deal with POCSO cases against former parliamentarians

The notification came after directions by the Delhi High Court on setting up of new courts, in December 2020. “However, the previous Kejriwal Government had inordinately delayed their notification for more than 03 years,” according to a Delhi government statement.

The three now-designated courts are the courts of Special Judges Jitendra Singh, Dig Vinay Singh and Vishal Gogne.

“The proposal to this effect, seeking LG’s approval for the creation of these designated/Special Courts under Section 25 of the CPCR Act and Section 28 of the POCSO Act was moved by the WCD Department and vetted by the Law Department,” the statement by the Delhi government also said.

These three courts are in addition to the eight courts, which are already trying cases related to offences against children, violation of child rights and POCSO Act cases.

The POCSO Act provides that state governments shall, in consultation with the Chief Justices of the High Courts of the respective states, designate courts to try such offences.

Similarly, the CPCR Act states that “the state government may, with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court, by notification, specify at least a court in the state or specify, for each district, a Court of Session to be a Children’s Court to try the said offences”.