Taking steps to safeguard children affected by pandemic: Centre to Delhi HC
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Taking all steps to safeguard interest of children affected by pandemic, Centre tells Delhi HC
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‘In absence of data, these children are now target for traffickers’
The High Court on Monday directed the Centre and Delhi government to respond to a plea seeking to protect children who were orphaned due to COVID-19 against being trafficked till they are legally adopted.
An High Court Bench issued notices to the Union Ministries of Home Affairs, Women and Child Development and Health and the city police on the plea. The court also issued notices to the Delhi government, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
The plea filed by Jeetender Gupta, an advocate on record in the Supreme Court, has sought directions to the authorities to provide the interim custody of such children to their relatives or child-care homes and protect their identity.
PILs to safeguard children orphaned due to COVID: HC seeks stand of Centre, Delhi govt
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Last Updated: May 10, 2021, 11:56 AM IST
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The petitioner has sought directions to the authorities to provide the interim custody of such children to their nearest relatives or child-care homes and protect their identity.
The plea has claimed that according to media reports, there has been a substantial rise in the number of cases of child trafficking and child abuse during the ongoing pandemic and therefore, there is an immediate necessity to curb this evil at the stage of its inception itself .
Children orphaned due to COVID-19 should be protected and guarded against being trafficked till they are legally adopted, two PILs have urged the Delhi High Court, which sought the response of the Centre and the Delhi government on the issue on Monday.