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Mohini Giri attacked while trying to save a girl from being molested

Mohini Giri The former chairperson of the National Commission for Women was allegedly beaten up when she tried to help a teenage girl who was being molested by a group of men in Vasant Kunj. Dr. V. Mohini Giri (76), who headed the ..... Read More

Minister is repealing her own law

Bharti Ali & Enakshi Ganguly Thukral, Aug 03, 2014, DHNS: Juvenile justice is currently the hottest subject of debate. Everyone has an opinion on it–even those who had never known that such a law exists. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) ..... Read More

Severe punishment in itself is not a deterrent

SheminJoy, Aug 02, 2014, DHNS: Prof Ved Kumari, a Professor in Delhi University’s Law faculty, is an authoritative voice on juvenile justice. Ved Kumari, also a former Chairperson of Delhi Judicial Academy, spoke to Deccan Herald’s Shemin Joy. Excerpts: On ..... Read More

Remedy worse than malady

Aug 02, 2014, DHNS: Vrinda Grover, (Supreme Court lawyer and women’s rights activist) To amend the law is the prerogative of the government. This power, however, must only be exercised after sober deliberation, based on information and analysis, even more ..... Read More

176 rescued child labourers brought to Bihar

176 child labourers, aged between seven and 16 years, rescued from handicraft units from Jaipur are brought home. By: Press Trust of India | Patna | Published:July 31, 2014 4:07 pm Jaipur: Child labourers from Bihar leave for their homes by a train after they were rescued during a ..... Read More