Chandigarh, Feb. 6 -- The Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) is considering introducing a system of quarterly review to monitor pendency in investigation and trials of rape and POCSO Act cases.

The ministry plans to seek periodic reports from all states and Union territories on pending cases, following directions issued by Union home minister Amit Shah during the Northern Zonal Council meeting held in Faridabad last November.

Shah, while addressing the meeting of the chief ministers, lieutenant governors and administrator of states and Union territories in the northern region as chairman of the council, asked the MHA to obtain reports from all states and UTs on the pendency of investigations and trials in rape cases and those register...