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The country's apex child rights body on Thursday said with a third COVID-19 wave projected to hit the country, the Centre and states should ramp up their preparations to protect children and neonatals. In a letter to Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairperson Priyank Kanoongo said the ongoing second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting a slightly greater number of younger people and a third wave is projected to hit the country, will affect children too. Underlining the urgent need to reorganise the National Emergency ...

How to adopt a child legally Updated: Updated: May 12, 2021 01:34 IST During a crisis, an outreach programme must warn everyone not to entertain any illegal adoption offers Share Article AAA During a crisis, an outreach programme must warn everyone not to entertain any illegal adoption offers Profiteering from child trafficking rackets knows no bounds. Today, some people are offering infants for instant adoption by selling sob stories of how the children have lost their parents to the dreaded virus. These unscrupulous people target gullible persons who fall into the trap, little realising ...

Justice Pant appointed NHRC acting chairperson Updated: Updated: May 03, 2021 14:45 IST A former Supreme Court judge, he was appointed member of the NHRC on April 22, 2019 Share Article AAA A former Supreme Court judge, he was appointed member of the NHRC on April 22, 2019 The National Human Rights Commission on Monday said NHRC member Justice (retired) Prafulla Chandra Pant had been appointed as the acting chairperson of the Commission with effect from April 25. A former Supreme Court judge, Justice Pant was appointed member of the NHRC on April 22, 2019. The post of chairperson has been v...

In its 16 March 2021 judgment in Neena Aneja v Jai Prakash Associates Ltd (Civil Appeal 3766-3767 of 2020), the Division Bench of the Supreme Court dealt with the issue of: [w]hether a complaint which was filed and registered under the Act of 1986, before the new [Consumer Protection] Act of 2019 came into force, has to be entertained under the provisions of the erstwhile legislation[.] Facts Said issue arose from a complaint (for claims of Rs21.9 million) which had been filed by the appellant before the National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission on 18 June 2020. In an order dated 30 Ju...

Supreme Court Grants Two Weeks Time To Centre, States For Providing Information On Pending Vacancies In Districts, State Consumer Commissions Share This - x The Supreme Court this week granted two weeks time to Union of India and States for providing information as regards to the pending vacancies in District and State Consumer Redressal Commissions across India under the suo moto proceedings initiated by the Court in February this year. A division bench comprising of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Hemant Gupta vide order dated 22nd February 2021 registered a suo moto proceedings w...