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TMI Blog1997 (7) TMI 597X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s and temporarily shifted to Juvenile Homes-Thereafter to be rehabilitated-Establishing Juvenile Homes- Of- ficers in charge of Juvenile Homes to protect the children in Juvenile Homes-Mandatory obligation of State-Constituting Juvenile Welfare Board- Rescue and rehabilitation operation to be kept under Department of Women and Child Development under Union Ministry of Human Resources-NGOs to be associated with the rehabilitation work-Union Minister of Welfare to constitute a Committee within one month for evolving suitable schemes and to submit report within three months thereafter-State Govern-ments to implement the Schemes-Permanent Committee of Secretaries to be constituted to review the progress of the implementation of the Schemes-Peri ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Section 9 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 1986." Then on the next date, that is, March 13, 1989 the prayer for amendment was allowed and it was directed that prayer in the writ petition shall stand substituted "by what has now been indicated in the application for amendment". By order dated November 15, 1989 while the court noted submission of Mr. V.C. Mahajan, advocate of the petitioner that separate schools and hostels be provided for the children of the prostitutes, the court did not find itself inclined to accept such a submission. The Court was of the view that segregating prostitutes children by locating separate schools and providing separate hostels would not be in the interest of such children. The Court by this very order constitut ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nternational Conventions for the Suppression of Traffic in persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of others signed at New York on May 9, 1950. the Parliament enacted the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956. The Act was amended in 1978 to make good some inadequacies in the implementation of the Act and in the light of the experience gained during the period the Act was being implemented. Despite the amendments of the Act it was felt that enforcement of the Act had not been effective enough to deal with the problems of immoral traffic in all its dimensions. Suggestions had been made to Government by voluntary organisations working for women, advocacy groups and various individuals urging the enlargement of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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