Deposit fine with banks, not court, UP govt's scheme to ease litigation backlog

BULANDSHAHR: In order to deliver speedy justice and make litigation public-friendly, Uttar Pradesh government has launched a scheme, which requires the accused to deposit the penalty fine in petty cases at branches of the State Bank of India instead of making trips to the court.

The UP government has launched 'Saral Petty Offence Fine Deposit Scheme' in collaboration with the SBI here, said Additional District and Sessions judge Kulvinder Singh Jaggi.

Cases of traffic challan under the Motor Vehicles Act, challans under the Police Act, Public Gambling Act, Kshetra Panchayat and Zila Panchayat Adhiniyam shall be disposed under the new agreement, he said.

Cases under above heads constitute 60 per cent of the backlogs in courts of law in UP, the judge said.

Under the new arrangement the accused need to come to court and the fine can be deposited with SBI 'Power Jyoti Account', added the judge.

Bulandshahr will be the fifth district of UP to have this kind of scheme. Initially, the scheme was launched in the four cities of Allahabad, Kanpur Nagar, Varanasi and Ballia, a government note said.