By Samachar Vishesh
News
Chandigarh 21st September:- While
focusing on ‘Foster Care Under Juvenile Justice Act 2015’ and ‘Need of quality
services for children to protect their well-being’, a state level meeting held
here at convention hall of Chandigarh Judicial Academy.
Hon’ble Justice Jaswant Singh,
Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court, in his key note address said that no
doubt, studies show that children who receive adequate parental supervision are
less likely to engage in criminal activities. Family is the first crucial group
in the life of child and no one can say at birth that a child will not
inevitably become a delinquent nor it can be said that it will inevitably
remain a law-abiding citizen.
However, ‘Juvenile Justice (care
and protection of children) Act 2015’ is a landmark legislation which has been
enacted to consolidate and amend the law relating to children alleged and found
to be in conflict with law and children in need of care and protection by
catering to their basic needs through proper care, protection, development,
treatment, social reintegration, Hon’ble Judge added.
Hon’ble Judge further said that
this entire ambit of services is to be provided to the child by adopting a
child-friendly approach in the adjudication and disposal of matters in the best
interest of children.
While elaborating about the passing
of the first Juvenile Justice Act 1986 and following the Beijing Rules to
ratification of UNCRC in 1992 and the successive Acts thereafter, he said these
are an extensive, inclusive and systematic structures of services for children
requiring care and protection of the state and the manner of execution in the
way that are child friendly at every step of the way.
Hon’ble Judge also said about the
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child which recognizes the child right
to alternative family care under Article 20 and 21. He also said that the
Indian Constitution unequivocally protects the rights of the child under
Article 15(3). However, Articles 14, 19 and 21 also protect the best
interests of child.
Hon’ble Justice Jaswant Singh also
told about certain standards of care under which he elaborated in detail
regarding need of quality services for children in order to protect their
well-being.
Hon’ble Justice Jaswant Singh, also
added that through such workshop we have an opportunity to deliberate on how to
promote the concept of Foster Care with the sole aim of reducing the child’s
period of stay in institutions and increasing family-based care for children.
Hon’ble Justice Jaswant Singh also
asked all the distinguished personalities present in the workshop to take
pledge today about conscious effort to reduce the period of stay of children in
the institutions and find families for all children keeping the principles of
Best Interest of the Child in mind.
However, other distinguished
personalities including Dr. K P Singh DG, state vigilance bureau, Haryana, Ms
Vasundhra MD, Centre of Excellence in Alternative Care, Dr. Vageshwari Deswal,
Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Amod k Kanth, general secretary, Prayas
and Neil Robert, co-ordinator, Chandigarh legal services Authority also
addressed the ‘meeting’.
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