Guidelines for maintenance of children home and orphanages

In view of what has been stated above,            we dispose of

Writ Petition Nos.14259 of 2014, 14604 of 2014 and 23875 of

2014 with the following direction:

             (i)     The         respective       Child   Welfare

      Committee shall take appropriate measures in

      accordance with the 2000 Act with regard to

      children           who          are    still   housed      in

      Orphanages/Children Homes out of 578 children

      who were intercepted on 24.5.2014 and

      25.5.2014 at Palakkad Railway Station and who

      came from Bihar, Jharkand and West Bengal.

             2.      I.A. No.7403 of 2015            filed by the

      petitioner in W.P(C) No.14259 of 2014 with



   regard to 16 children brought from Arunachal

   Pradesh is allowed.                Let the Child Welfare

   Committee,              Ernakulam      take   appropriate

   measures as per its decision already brought on

   record.         I.A. No.7016         of 2015 filed by the

   petitioner in W.P(C) no.14259 of 2014                 with

   regard to 29 children who were intercepted on

   20.05.2015 at the Ernakulam Junction Railway

   Station is also allowed.               The Child Welfare

   Committee, Ernakulam is directed to take

   appropriate measures in accordance with the

   2000 Act with regard to the above 29 children.

           3.      All      Orphanages/Homes       registered

   under the 1960 Act shall get registration under

   the 2000 Act which are intended                  or to be

   intended for care, protection and welfare of the

   children below 18 years.

           4.      There shall be no exemption to the

   institutions and Homes Registered under the

   1960 Act from registration under the 2000 Act


   and the Government Order dated 11.02.2010

   cannot be relied on for exemption from

   registration under the 2000 Act.

           5.      District Administration shall provide

   all assistance to                 respective Child Welfare

   Committees in each District to carry on proper

   inspection of all Orphanages/Child Homes for

   taking appropriate measures as per 2000 Act

   for children housed therein and it shall be open

   for respective Child Welfare Committees to take

   such measures under the 2000 Act as required.

           6.      No Orphanages/Child Homes shall

   receive children from outside the State except

   in accordance with the Regulations (Amended

   on 22.6.2003) framed by the State Government

   under Section 30(3) of the 1960 Act, i.e.,

   without prior approval of Orphanage Control

   Board and without the recommendation of the

   concerned State Government.

          
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

                                   PRESENT:

          THE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.ASHOK BHUSHAN
                                        &
                 THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.M.SHAFFIQUE

          MONDAY, THE 6TH DAY OF JULY 2015

                         WP(C).No. 14259 of 2014 (S)
                         
      RAJENDRA PRASAD, 
        Vs
      UNION OF INDIA
       Citation;AIR 2016 (NOC)182 kerala

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Whether Girl child can be sent children's Home if she is not willing to go to house of her parents?

 Now the crucial question is whether the corpus can be given to
the  custody  of  petitioner.  On  more  than  one  occasion  this  Court
interviewed  the  corpus  and  the  parents.  The  corpus  is  presently
adamant and is not willing to go with parents at any cost. It is reported
that earlier also she left the parents without information which created
a  havoc  to  the  parents.  In  this  factual  backdrop,  the  question  is
whether this Court should forcibly give custody to the parents.
18. The Madras High Court (Full Bench) in T. Sivakumar's case
(supra) opined that if minor girl expresses her desire not to go with her
parents the Court may order her to be kept in a Children Home etc. It
is also noteworthy that a minor girl between her 15 to 18 years of age
floats into a state of puberty, a state of innocence and yet lacking in
mature understanding more guided by “attractions”. The state of mind
can hardly be described as mature. If that be not so, she can hardly
leave her parents for a new entrant in her life, without being mindful of
what the type of such new entrant in the life is.
19. In this factual backdrop, I do not deem it proper to forcibly
handover the corpus to the petitioner/parents. This may cause more
harm than good. 
In this view of the matter, I deem it proper to issue following                                                                                               
directions:-
(i) The  Incharge  of  Nari  Niketan  Centre  shall  give
sympathetical, compassionate and educative treatment to the corpus
with a view to provide her room to come out of the crisis and distress.
(ii) The official respondents shall ensure that the corpus is
given counselling by trained persons on regular basis, atleast once in
a week. It will be the choice of the official respondents to provide
counselling  either  at  Nari  Niketan  Centre  or  take  the  corpus  to
'Parivaar Paramarsh Kendra' in adequate security.
(iii) After four weeks and on completion of four counsellings,
the status would be reassessed by this Court.

                                                                                              
HIGH COURT OF  MADHYA PRADESH 
BENCH AT GWALIOR
 SINGLE BENCH: 
HON. SHRI JUSTICE SUJOY PAUL
WRIT PETITION  NO. 4683/2012 (habeas corpus)
Manohar Jatav vs.State of Madhya Pradesh
and others

(26/07/2012)

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