A seminar was organised by the Monitoring Committee on Juvenile Justice of the High Court. Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur in the seminar said the Punjab government has not met several statutory requirements of the Act. “A basic body like the child welfare committee is missing from most districts, no inspection committee has been set up to monitor the working of children’s homes and there is no shelter home in the state,” he said.
Call for a Truth Commission on Punjab’s 1984–1994 Tragedy
Government of India must form a Truth Commission to be headed by retired Supreme Court Judges to enquire into the causes which led to the traumatic period in Punjab from 1984 to 1994. Also documentation should be done to collect data of Sikhs, Hindus and Police men...
