New Delhi: Delhi govt has designated three courts in the Rouse Avenue District Courts Complex as special courts under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act, 2008, for trial of offences that are investigated under the central anti-terror law.A notification by the department of law, justice and legislative affairs on July 7 said lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu had designated special exclusive court numbers 4, 5 and 6 at Rouse Avenue as the special courts, acting on the recommendation of the chief justice of Delhi High Court.The notification said the courts will try offences under any or all of the enactments specified in the Schedule to the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008.The directive marks an institutional shift as the notification specifies the court of the additional sessions judge-2 at Patiala House Courts, which is now the special court under Section 22 of the NIA Act, will cease to function under the act once the newly notified courts are operational. This will happen from the day Delhi High Court issues posting or transfer orders making the three special courts functional.
