On 16th July, a bench of Guahati High Court consisting of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia after noticing that there is no child-friendly court in the state of Arunachal Pradesh directed the Advocate General to take up the matter to the state government so that as early as possible at least one child-friendly Court can be constructed and made functional in the State of Arunachal Pradesh.
Facts of the case:
In the present case the court was dealing with a suo moto case dealing with the rape of a minor victim after a missing report which was filed by Aka Kalung claiming that his minor domestic help was missing.
It was alleged that the domestic help who was brought from Nepal as a domestic help was raped by the house owner.
In the case the court has directed the state authority to provide police protection and also directed the concerned Deputy Commissioner to visit the CCI and conduct an enquiry with regard to the facilities available in the CCI.
Submission of the Counsel:
Learned senior counsel for the Gauhati High Court, Mr. UK Nair submitted that sub-rule 18 of Rule 54 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Model Rules, 2016 mandates that there shall be a child-friendly Court where matters regarding POCSO are taken up however the court was informed that there is no child-friendly Court in the State of Arunachal Pradesh.
Order of the court:
In the light of the above, the hon’ble bench of the court requested the the learned Advocate General of Arunachal Pradesh to take up this matter with the State Government so that as early as possible at least one child-friendly Court can be constructed and made functional in the State of Arunachal Pradesh, at the earliest.
The matter was listed again on 16th August.
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