Bhubaneswar, Nov. 29 -- The Odisha Government has decided to establish 15 more special Courts for expeditious trial of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act cases pertaining sexual assault of minor children.
The Government is initiating prompt steps for the setting up of new POCSO courts.
The state government will submit a proposal to the High Level Committee in the next fiscal year to open these courts, Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan told the State Assembly on Saturday.
Besides, the government has taken due note of the recommendation of Orissa High Court for opening of new Civil Judge (Junior Division)-cum-Judicial Magistrate First Class courts in different blocks of the State.
Orissa High Court has also sought for the e...