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SC orders formation of CWCs and JJBs for children in each district within 6 weeks | The Supreme Court on Friday directed the government to ensure implementation of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. The apex court made its direction acting on public interest
litigation (PIL) filed by child rights group, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) on
child labour and trafficking of children for forced labour. The JJ Act deals with
the provisions related to all children in need of care and protection including
the neglected children, trafficked children as well as children in conflict with
the law. The act is one of the most comprehensive laws in the country dealing
with the rescue, repatriation and rehabilitation of child labourers, creation
and running of short-stay homes for children, and even matters pertaining to privacy
of children. A division bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice A K Patnaik
said that we have to look towards the enforcement of child rights laws. The court
directed the government to ensure that all provisions relating to the Act are
complied with this, including formation of Child Welfare Committees (CWC) and
Juvenile Justice Boards (JJB), in each district and appointment of Special Juvenile
Police Officers (SJPO) to ensure law enforcement within the next six weeks. Appearing
on the behalf of BBA, senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves said that this was a huge
step in favour of child rights and keeps the ball rolling towards law enforcement.
Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium informed the court that the government was
planning to come out with a notification banning child labour in circuses any
day, and was also looking at overall dimensions of child rights. Meanwhile, BBAChairperson
R S Chaurasia, welcomed the step and said that it wsa really encouraging that
the court has decided to hear this petition every Friday and is looking at the
entire dimension of child labour, child trafficking, and child rights. The court
has also appointed National Commission of Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) as
nodal agency for monitoring of today's order and reporting the same to the court. |
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