Bengaluru, July 23: The High Court of Karnataka has directed the state government to formulate Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for child protection, particularly for cases of child pornography and child missing.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice M Nagaprasanna passed a detailed order and asked the state government to submit compliance within three months.
The division bench passed the order on two PILs, including a suo motu litigation registered in 2018. The PILs were registered to ensure effective implementation of the directions of the Supreme Court on the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act).
The bench observed that in normal courses, courts do not issue writ of mandamus to the legislature on rule-making aspects. However, when the failure of the state is demonstrated under exceptional circumstances, courts can issue directions. The bench directed the state government to expedite the rule-making process to ensure proper implementation of the JJ Act.
The bench expressed displeasure on the insensitive police investigation in cases of child pornography. “The police machinery did not show the sensitivity expected from it while dealing with cases of alleged child pornography. Therefore, it will be appropriate if the state issues SOP or guidelines for dealing with cases of child pornography so that proper investigation is carried out in such cases. As we are directing the formation of SOP for dealing with child pornography cases, the state is also directed to formulate guidelines on child missing cases,” the bench said.
The bench had been issuing several directions since 2018 and has also been monitoring police investigations. The court observed that while the state government has incorporated several directions, some issues still remain unaddressed.
The bench directed the government to have dedicated staff for the Directorate of Integrated Child Protection Scheme considering the sensitive nature of work.
On working of Juvenile Justice Boards (JJB), the court asked the Registrar General of the Karnataka High Court to issue directions to the principal magistrates of all the JJBs in the state to sit on all working days for a minimum of six hours a day.
The high court directed the state to exercise the rule-making powers for obtaining an annual report from the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
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He is definately hired by sangh parivar. Hope this person will get a seat in election and will be glorified by bjp alongwith |Shahnawaz and Naqvi. Dont worry Sadik, yuo will get ache din soon. You should also support Modi for his anti islamic activities ie. putting leg in sharia law.
Beta do not day dream Real muslim never will become his fan.. he is only by name Muslim.
well done sadiq .. keep it up ... I know u will be targeted by your own community for sure and its visible here... not only him ... there are lakhs of muslims who are fans of modi ...
See his Auto!!! He is not only a fan of Modi!!!! ha ha ha
10 trip 100 people? strange!!!...Paid person by BJP.
Looks like hired for two month... because there is no Indian left in India who is supporting Modi ji, only bhakth who had no ........ lol.....
Most of Modi fans belong to this auto driver's category: A class VIII drop out.
He might be a member of Muslim Rastriya Manch that is a branch of RSS and BJP. He might be gets paid from BJP to make publicity of FENKU. Not only in DK all over india people's pocket are empty. How come this guys have money to put petrol to his rikshaw?? Something strange.
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