Five fast track courts to hear cases of crime against women will start functioning from today in Delhi. Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir inaugurated a fast-track court at Saket Court Complex in Delhi last evening. The gang rape and murder of a 23-year old student in Delhi will be the first case to be heard in this court. The Delhi Police plans to submit an around 1000-page chargesheet in the metropolitan magistrate’s court in Saket today. Then, the case will be moved to the fast-track court to hear it on a day-to-day trial basis.

Inaugurating the first fast track court in Delhi, Justice Altamas Kabir strongly advocated for courts to act as a deterrent in the future to check crimes against women. He said, a serious message needs to be sent in dealing with such heinous crimes. The Chief Justice said, there is a need to pay greatest attention to crimes against women, elderly and children. But, he, asserted that speedy justice cannot be at the cost of fairness of the trial.