Concerned about the increase in child marriage, cases registered under Protection of children from sexual offenses (poxo) Act, Missing Children, Child Labor and Harassment, Child Welfare Officers have planned to meet more often to address the delay in redressal of complaints regarding children.
Till now, the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), a quasi-judicial body that decides on the affairs of children, met twice a week. The panel will increase this to 20 meetings in a month. till nowAll cases relating to crimes against or involving children were taken up only on specific days, often long after the events took place. The delay in getting justice to the children was a cause of trouble.
Child marriage for a rocket during the pandemic-induced lockdown. Data from the Department of Women and Child Welfare shows that 2,074 child marriages were stopped between February and November last year, but 188 cases took place during the same period and the department filed FIRs in 108 cases. Two dozen child marriages took place in Mysore district alone.
following a Supreme court Officials of Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) directed all committees to hold at least 20 meetings in a month as per provisions of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 .
“Till now there was no uniformity in respect of meetings between committees across Karnataka,” said an official. “Some CWCs meet six days a month, while others meet eight or 10 times. Now there will be uniformity. In case of emergency, meetings will be held on other days also.
HT Kamala, Mysore CWC The chairman added: “This will help the children get justice as the committee will be available to them immediately.” Child marriage and POCSO cases are a large number of complaints against children (below 18 years).
Kamala said: “There is a need to create awareness in schools to prevent cases of child marriage and POCSO crimes. There are many cases of school dropouts with neighbors and fellow residents which later turn into marriage or POCSO matters. ”
He said that more than a dozen types of cases including child adoption, begging, RTE related, molestation and missing complaints are brought before the committee.
Till now, the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), a quasi-judicial body that decides on the affairs of children, met twice a week. The panel will increase this to 20 meetings in a month. till nowAll cases relating to crimes against or involving children were taken up only on specific days, often long after the events took place. The delay in getting justice to the children was a cause of trouble.
Child marriage for a rocket during the pandemic-induced lockdown. Data from the Department of Women and Child Welfare shows that 2,074 child marriages were stopped between February and November last year, but 188 cases took place during the same period and the department filed FIRs in 108 cases. Two dozen child marriages took place in Mysore district alone.
following a Supreme court Officials of Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) directed all committees to hold at least 20 meetings in a month as per provisions of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 .
“Till now there was no uniformity in respect of meetings between committees across Karnataka,” said an official. “Some CWCs meet six days a month, while others meet eight or 10 times. Now there will be uniformity. In case of emergency, meetings will be held on other days also.
HT Kamala, Mysore CWC The chairman added: “This will help the children get justice as the committee will be available to them immediately.” Child marriage and POCSO cases are a large number of complaints against children (below 18 years).
Kamala said: “There is a need to create awareness in schools to prevent cases of child marriage and POCSO crimes. There are many cases of school dropouts with neighbors and fellow residents which later turn into marriage or POCSO matters. ”
He said that more than a dozen types of cases including child adoption, begging, RTE related, molestation and missing complaints are brought before the committee.
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