(Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta, JJ.)
Sampurna Behrua ____________________________________ Petitioner
v.
Union of India & Ors. ____________________________ Respondent(s)
Writ Petition(s) (Civil) No(s). 473/2005, decided on August 22, 2017
(IA No. 75544/2017-Appropriate Orders/Directions, For Dispensing with Service of Notice on IA 1/2005, For Exemption From Filing O.T. on IA 2/2006, For Exemption From Filing O.T. on IA 3/2009, For Permission to File Annexures on IA 5/2010, For Exemption From Filing O.T. on IA 6/2013, For Exemption From Filing O.T. on IA 7/2013, For Modification on IA 9/2016, FOR Exemption From Filing O.T. on IA 52855/2017 and For Waiving of Cost on IA 58663/2017)
The Order of the court was delivered by
Order
Andhra Pradesh
1. Further costs of Rs. 50,000/- in terms of order dated 11.07.2017 to be paid.
Assam
2. I.A. No. 58663 (Application for waiver of additional cost of Rs. 25,000/-) is rejected.
Chandigarh (Application for modification)
3. Additional costs of Rs. 50,000/- is waived.
4. Application for modification is allowed.
Delhi
5. No one is present on behalf of Delhi.
6. Another costs of 50,000/- are imposed on the State of Delhi.
Madhya Pradesh
7. The Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development, M.P. is present in Court today.
8. It is stated that 5 out of 6 members including the Chairman have been appointed in the SCPCR. The sixth person will be appointed within three weeks.
Odisha (Application for direction)
9. The personal appearance of the Secretary of the Department of Women & Child Development, Odisha is exempted.
10. Costs to be paid.
Telangana
11. Costs have been paid.
12. On 15.02.2016, we had identified 15 issues that would require consideration.
13. We would like the Union of India to file an affidavit within four weeks from today indicating the following:
(i) Whether the State Child Protection Society has been constituted in every State and Union Territory.
(ii) Whether the State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights has been constituted in every State and Union Territory.
(iii) Whether Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) have been constituted in every district and if not, then the districts in which they have not yet been constituted.
(iv) Whether Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) have been constituted in every district and if not, then the districts in which they have not yet been constituted.
(v) Progress made in the publication of the Police Training Manual under the guidance of the Bureau of Police Research and Development [BPR&D]. In this context, we may mention that there is already a training manual available on the website of Delhi Police. This may also be seen by BPR&D.
(vi) Whether on-line portal for quarterly reports has been finalized by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and whether it is operational.
(vii) Whether the registration of Child Care Institutions is completed. If not, the districts/States which have not completed registration and the reasons why it has not been completed.
(viii) Whether the Juvenile Justice Fund has been established in every State and U.T. and if not, then it should be established immediately.
14. List the matter on 11th October, 2017.
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