PTI
New Delhi, May 30: With huge pendency in cheque-bouncing cases, the Government is mulling setting up of fast track courts to deal with such litigations.
In a letter to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily has sought funds to set up special courts in this regard.
He has also suggested that Parliament should make new laws only after assessing the extra burden they are likely to impose on the courts and ensuring the provision of money required for the purpose, senior Law Ministry officials said.
Stressing the need for immediate setting up of special courts to deal with "surmounting" cases under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, Moily in his recent letter to Mukherjee has said that there are about 38 lakh cheque-bouncing cases pending in the trial courts and this needs to be speedily addressed.