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2018 DIGILAW 1423 (BOM)

High Court On Its Own Motion v. State Of Maharashtra

2018-06-18

G.S.KULKARNI, NARESH H.PATIL

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ORDER 1. The learned Advocate General submits that the State is looking into the subject matter and the concerned Ministry would work on the issue and further progress will be intimated to this court. 2. The learned AG has placed on record copy of the judgment delivered by the Apex Court on 1/5/2018 by a Bench headed by the Hon''ble the Chief Justice of India in the case of Alakh Alok Srivastava v. Union of India and ors. [Writ Petition (C) No. 76 of 2018] , which is taken on record. The learned Amicus Curiae presented a study report prepared by Prof. Dr. Asha Bajpai, TISS, Mumbai, which is also taken on record. 3. The learned AG submits that he had a meeting with Director General of Police, who assured him to constitute a Special Task Force for ensuring speedy investigation and conducting trials. As regards setting up of child friendly courts and progress of trials under POCSO Act, steps need to be taken. The Apex Court had already passed order in this regard which would be looked into on the Administrative Side of the High Court. 4. We would expect the State to consider reasons for escalation in cases where children are victims of crime. Experts in the field of social sciences, psychologist, psychiatrist, social workers, reformers and eminent persons in the field of education / law needs to be consulted. A sensitization programme on a wider level needs to be chocked out right from the school level to communicate the younger minds regarding values in life to be pursued. We expect and hope that all the stakeholders would contribute so that State could carry out successfully sensitization programme at all levels. 5. Stand over for four weeks i.e. 16/7/2018.