Provisions
DPSP
- 39(e): children no abuse, opportunity to dev in healthy manner
- 39(f): protect against exploitation, moral & material abandonment
- 45: education and care
- See also: Directive Principles of State Policy
Rights
- 15(3): spl provisions for children
- 21A: RTE (6-14) (also DPSP 45)
- 23: no forced labour
- 24: no employment of children <14yr or hazardous industry
Acts
- Juvenile Justice Act 2015: refer JJ Act issues
- Child Labour Prohibition & Regulation Act 1986: no employ children in hazardous work
Case laws
- MC Mehta v State of TNT 1996: no child labour in hazardous industry
- Shabnam Hashmi v UoI 2014: address malnutrition among children
- Vishal Jeet v UoI 1990: guidelines to prevent sexual exploitation of children
- Sampurna Behrua v UoI 2012: proper rehab of juvenile offenders
Issues
- refer JJ Act Issues
- child marriage, gender bias
- malnutrition
- child protection
- digital divide
- no access to quality edu
- we need schools in all gram panchayat
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