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.
Mangaluru, Mar 15: A 32-year-old lecturer accused of sexually harassing a girl student was found dead at Kalladka in Bantwal taluk on Monday night.
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Condolences. The content of the news is correct. However his age is not 32. He was above 40. I know him very well. He was suffering from some psychological illness.
Dear Kuswanth,Please dont call chaddi,now changed chaddi and brought new langa,
Really very Sad News, My Heartiest Condolences, may his soul rest in peace. we are loosing young educated, energetic, citizens one by one, Where are you BJP, Bajrangi, Chaddi criminals, you have your Moral Police where are you Goons???? you Buffoon Dodanna fingering to our Great Bhatta no good, he is servant to Innocents, you are correct about him, once Investigation only the real culprit Identifying, but lost was lost, try to keep peace in the region,
Where are you Sharan Goon? go there man do some thing, looks you might be in Mysore to start Looting this is the time you Criminal looters do!!!!!
Jai hoo Siddaramanna.
No doubt this is a pre-planned murder some one has paid lumsum amount superior to kill Harish. Police must arrest first that Bhatta chassis and carry our fair investigation. For money prahakara will do anything.
Jai Ho Karnataka
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