The Union government has put forth a proposal to set up a sum of 1,023 fast-track special courts for the trial of over 1.66 lakh pending cases of crime against women and children across the country.

According to the proposal by the Department of Justice under the Union Law Ministry, these special courts are expected to dispose of at least 165 such case per year.The proposal note said that a total of 1,66,882 cases of rape and those under POCSO Act remains unsolved in various courts across the country.