NCPCR

The top court has done something deceptively simple: it has tied the fate of India’s most invisible children to the most universal public institution we have: the neighbourhood school. If properly enforced, this order might one day be seen as the moment orphanhood moved from charitable afterthought to rights-based entitlement

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A 16-year-old Muslim girl has become the focus of a petition in the Supreme Court where Muslim Personal Law clashes with the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, which prescribes 18 years as the age for sexual consent. There are some precedents, but this case is an important landmark.

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The Supreme Court adjourned a suo motu matter regarding the plight of Children in Street Situation (CiSS) across the country and directed State governments to follow NCPCR guidelines until they come with schemes of their own rehabilitation of these children.

Supreme Court division bench also enquired if the access to the Bal Swaraj portal set up by the NCPCR could be provided to such organizations.