143 children orphaned by COVID
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Survey conducted on directions of SC; many children also left with a single parent
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Survey conducted on directions of SC; many children also left with a single parent
COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed a large number of people in their productive age, especially during its second wave, has also left many children without parental protection. Several instances have come to light where the virus has claimed both the parents, leaving the children anchor-less.
A great number of children have also been left with a single parent.
A recent survey conducted by the Women Development and Child Welfare department has identified a total of 143 children who have been orphaned by the COVID-19 pandemic.
What Is Stopping Our Justice System From Tackling the Cases Pending Before Courts?
Data shows that over the last 15 years, there has been an astounding increase of about 14.2 million cases pending in high courts and district courts â an increase of almost one million per year.
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Rights12/May/2021
This is the second article in a two-part series on issues plaguing Indiaâs judicial system. You can read the first part here.Â
The second major problem facing the justice system is the number of pending cases. Exactly how many cases are pending in the courts across the country? Perhaps the most reliable figures (but not necessarily 100% accurate) are in the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) which is an interactive page on the ecourts website â even though this plays truant sometimes. On accessing the NJDG, the information available is that 5.75 million cases are pending in the high courts (HCs) across the country, and 38.15 million cas
HC seeks status report on missing children in State
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Court wants to know what steps are taken against child traffickers in each police station area
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Court wants to know what steps are taken against child traffickers in each police station area
Telangana High Court on Thursday instructed the State government to file a comprehensive status report on missing children in the State.
Hearing a batch of PIL pleas on missing children, the High Court wanted to know what steps the government was taking against child traffickers in each police station area in the State. A bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy directed the government to explain how it was dealing with the missing children issue. Noting that the State Legal Services Authority had a critical role to play in the matter, the bench directed that it should be impleaded in the PIL petitions. How the Juvenile Justice Boards, Child Welfare Co
Judge sees negligence on the part of managing agency as reason for fire
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Senior Civil Judge and Member Secretary of Dakshina Kannada Legal Services Authority Shilpa A.G. said on Monday that
prima facie the fire that broke out in the dry waste recycling unit of Mangaluru City Corporation at Pachchanady on Sunday night appeared to be due to negligence on the part of the agency outsourced by the corporation to manage the unit.
Speaking after visiting the spot on an instruction by the State Legal Services Authority, she said that the agency had not taken enough precautionary measures to prevent fire accidents. If it had taken them, the accident would not have occurred, she added.
Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority took a clarion call for ensuring basic health facilities under the Ayushmaan Bharat Scheme to all entitled persons in coordination with the Health .