Top Law News Child labour: High Court summons senior police officer January 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court summoned a top police officer and the Labour Commissioner for the failure to implement its order asking them to take steps for eliminating the menace of child labour. A bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice V K Jain expressed its displeasure over the non-filing of status report in the matter […] Read more » Chief Justice D Murugesan CHILD LABOUR Commissioner of Labour Department Delhi government Delhi High Court Delhi Police High court summon Joint Police Commissioner Justice V.K. Jain Labour Commissioner lackadaisical approach National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NGO Save the Child Foundation police rehabilitation of rescued child labourers and their education state government summon a top police officer and the Labour Commissioner the Labour Commissioner top police officer
Human Rights NHRC looks into child-labour deaths in Odisha brick kiln January 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A notice has been issued by the Odisha government to The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on the death of two children in a fire at a brick kiln in the state last year, an activist said Wednesday. The NHRC issued notice to the state’s Chief Secretary B.K. Patnaik and directed him to submit a […] Read more » bonded labour bonded labourers Chief Secretary B.K. Patnaik CHILD LABOUR death of two children Durga Brick Industries Durga Brick Industries at K. Nuagaon of Ganjam district of Odisha human rights organisation India Media Centre (IMC) National Human Rights Commission NHRC Nishikant Mishra Odisha Government
Top Law News Court issues notice to Delhi government on child labour October 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Delhi government, seeking its response to a report that children below 14 years were employed in various trial court complexes. The division bench of acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Siddharth Mridul sought the reply from the Delhi government’s labour department after taking suo moto […] Read more » below 14 years CHILD LABOUR Delhi High Court
Top Law News Dedicated cell in NHRC to deal with child labour August 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With an estimated 12.6 million child labourers in India, the National Human Rights Commission has set up a separate cell to give more focused attention to them. ‘The commission has set up a cell to monitor the progress in the bonded labour and child labour cases taken up with different public authorities. It was felt […] Read more » CHILD LABOUR NHRC
Top Law News Helpline in Delhi soon against child labour April 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a bid to tackle child labour and handle complaints from workers, a toll free helpline would soon be launched by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, a state government official said Tuesday. The helpline number 12789 will be functional between 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., added the official. “It is being commissioned with an aim […] Read more » CHILD LABOUR Delhi Helpline Labour Minister Ramakant Goswami