Live
- Hyderabad: Cops arrest 3 for a betting suicide of woman researcher
- UBI MSME outreach: Loans worth Rs 400 cr sanctioned
- OU recalls former PM’s ’96 visit on campus
- ED Issues Notices KTR and Senior Officials in Formula e-Race Case
- Telangana govt announces 2025 holiday schedule
- IIT Gandhinagar invites applications for MA in Society and Culture
- Architect of India’s economic reforms: State BJP leaders condole death of former PM Dr Manmohan Singh
- Is SSSA appropriate mechanism for private schools in Telangana?
- KMF likely to end extra 50 ml milk in sachets
- Kharge writes to PM, seeks site for Dr Singh’s memorial
Emphasis laid on protection of children’s rights
Principal District and Sessions Judge Alapati Giridhar speaking at a meeting in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday
An awareness programme and coordination meeting on children’s rights and their protection was organised here on Wednesday under the aegis of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).
Visakhapatnam : An awareness programme and coordination meeting on children’s rights and their protection was organised here on Wednesday under the aegis of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).
Attending as the chief guest, Visakhapatnam Principal District and Sessions Judge Alapati Giridhar explained the rights of children, their protection scheme 2015 and precautions to be taken in case of missing persons, among other challenges.
He briefed the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). Further, Judge Alapati Giridhar explained about the rules and regulations to be followed by child care institutions.
First Additional District Judge M Venkata Ramana and Family Court Judge Radha Ratnam explained the rights of children and advised the people to avail the National Lok Adalat and get the cases solved.
Chairman of Permanent Lok Adalat for Public Utility Services G Vallabha Naidu and District Legal Services Authority secretary M Venkata Seshamma, lawyers, police officers, district women and child welfare department officials, representatives of voluntary organisations and other staff participated.
