Address systemic gaps in criminal laws related to children, Madras HC directs T.N. Chief Secretary
The Madras High Court has ordered the Tamil Nadu government to form a committee to address systemic gaps in the implementation of child-related criminal laws. The court emphasized the need for better coordination between police, healthcare, and judicial bodies.
Why it matters
It highlights critical administrative and legal failures in protecting children, pushing for structural reform in the state's justice system.
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary to constitute a committee comprising Home Secretary, Health Secretary and Law Secretary to consider a number of suggestions made by the court to address the systemic gaps in implementing criminal laws related to children.
A Division Bench of Justices G.R. Swaminathan and V. Lakshminarayanan issued the direction while disposing of a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by advocate S. Venkatesh of Madurai. The judges directed the government to bestow its attention to the suggestions and revert back within four months.
The PIL petitioner had sought a direction to the State government to file a curative petition before the Supreme Court against the acquittal of engineering graduate S. Daswant from the charge of subjecting a seven-year-old girl to aggravated sexual assault and murdering her at Mugalivakkam, near Chennai in February 2017.
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