Additional Special Courts exclusively for the trial of CBI cases

As per information available, there were 9,926 CBI cases pending trial (as on 31.3.2012) in various courts including exclusive courts all over the country. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice, said that on the recommendation of the Chief Justice of India, Central Government has decided to set up 71 additional special courts exclusively for the trial of CBI cases in different States. Of these, 62 CBI courts have started functioning.