After having been accounted for thousands of POCSO cases, the department of social welfare in the state of Tamilnadu has proposed to set up special courts in three districts which will establish independent hearings and investigations of the cases exclusively registered under POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) act. The initial three districts to have been named to host the special courts are Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tuticorin.

While speaking about tabling the proposals to set up the special court, the officials of social welfare department said that the department had proposed a deal to set up the special courts in three districts initially for time being and will further be cemented in other districts too and stated that the social welfare department is focusing towards housing one special court for POCSO cases in every districts in the state.

The state of Tamilnadu doesn't be accounted to have exclusive judiciary bench for POCSO cases at present where the Mahila courts in the state have been put up with additional responsibility to handle the cases registered under POCSO act. After picturing the flow of heavy workload and after being cited that the Mahila court, which mostly deal with the cases registered against women violence, may cause delay in pronouncing the verdict over POCSO cases, due to which the government had drafted the proposal of setting up separate courts to deliver justice for the accused under POCSO act. 

The Supreme court bench headed by the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi had directed both Central and state governments to constitute special POCSO court in every districts which had accounted for registering over hundred cases under POCSO act. It had further ordered the special courts that the trail must be completed within six months period.

While speaking about the proposals to home three POCSO courts, the state activists had claimed that the existing Mahila courts have been failing to construct the friendly atmosphere for children where most of the Mahila courts doesn't operate with video conferencing facilities to the child victims and the justice for the cases under POCSO act will be delayed by having storming petitions in the Mahila courts.

The reports say that the state of Tamilnadu has been accounted for more than 2,000 cases pending currently under POCSO act while Chennai tops the table with having 300 cases pending in its jurisdiction since last two years.