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Delhi: Plea seeks end to begging by children, HC issues notice
August 13, 2021 5:31 pm
Ajay Gautam, a resident of Shahdara, in the petition said that a “begging mafia” was actively behind the “menace of begging” and they “kidnap, train, force and torture innocent children for begging”
Bengaluru civic body to locate children begging on street, bring them to school
January 20, 2021 8:06 am
BBMP assistant commissioner said the survey would focus on traffic signals, markets, busy streets, slums and areas where migrant workers are settled.
Bombay HC asks TISS to join PIL on children, women beggars
October 21, 2020 10:26 am
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish S Kulkarni was hearing a PIL filed by Pune resident Dhyaneshwar Darwatkar through advocate Shekhar Jagtap for welfare of beggars during the pandemic.
45 minors begging on Surat roads sent to juvenile home
January 23, 2020 12:59 am
Following complaints of harassment by vehicle users, Surat police commissioner RB Brahmbhatt had directed inspectors of all 27 police stations in the city to carry out the drive against minors begging at traffic junctions as well as near temples and dargahs.
Techie-turned-activist covers 9000 km on foot, says won't rest till India becomes 'child begging free'
September 01, 2018 6:46 pm
Ashish is an aircraft maintenance cum mechanical engineer from the Indian Institute of Aeronautics. Since graduating in 2014, he worked as production engineer with Dan Block Brake India Private Limited for a year.
Need law on beggary which emphasises rehabilitation, says Maneka Gandhi
August 20, 2017 12:45 pm
"I would like to draw your attention to the fact that Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959 fails to address the casual factors of begging and takes an archaic approach which violates the rights of children and contradicts the protective provisions of Juvenile Justice Act," Maneka Gandhi said.
A day in the life of Parveen Khatoon, 12, singer-beggar on Kolkata’s local trains
February 14, 2016 12:35 am
Every day, Parveen boards trains running between Dum Dum and Sealdah and sings — Kumar Sanu melodies, plus patriotic and devotional numbers. Her mother fears for her safety, but Parveen insists, “I am strong”
Plea in HC to eradicate begging by children
December 26, 2014 1:19 am
A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice P S Teji posted the matter for further consideration on January 7.
UT’s child rights commission to launch drive against child beggary
July 14, 2014 4:28 am
The commission officials are in the process of holding meetings with a number of NGOs.
480 children in city out of school,says report
November 21, 2013 6:01 am
According to the report,the annual combined income of all the children begging in the city is over Rs 1 crore.
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