Orphanage horror: 37 abused kids rescued

Children, aged between eight and 15 years, were crammed into a small makeshift shelter built using tin sheds; cops launch hunt for the other maulana

By Vishal Srivastav

Incident came to light after two boys escaped; the police arrest one maulana

In one of the biggest rescue operations carried out in the city, as many as 37 children, who had been forced to live in the most inhuman conditions, were freed from an orphanage in Katraj. Subsequently, the kids revealed that they were being sexually and physically exploited at the shelter.

Recently the Bombay high court reunited a 14-year-old Hindu girl with the four-member Muslim family that brought her up ever since her biological mother abandoned her.

Justice Gautam Patel of Bombay high court ignored the biological mother’s plea for her custody primarily on the ground that the woman was involved in some immoral activity.

The girl was handed over the foster family on July 24.

The Muslim family filed a Petition in the high court, seeking guardianship of the girl. They contended that she had been living with them and has been taken care of as a family member since her biological mother abandoned her and moved to Kanpur.

The Petitioner Family complained that the biological mother returned to Mumbai and demanded the girl’s custody. They said the biological mother and one of her male friends had forcibly taken away the girl. The girl was brought back only after the petitioners approached the Child Welfare Committee.

Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor

A comprehensive legislation, counters sex-work abolitionist

On the eve of monsoon session of Parliament, a controversy centred on an anti-trafficking draft Bill is gathering steam with even Congress MP Shashi Tharoor opposing the legislation in an official letter written to Maneka Gandhi, Minister for Women and Child Development.

The Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill-2018 is scheduled to be tabled under Justice and Law category.

After Alleged Illegal Adoptions Juvenile Justice Act Likely To Be AmendedNEW DELHI: The Women and Child Development Ministry is going to amend the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act to make the district magistrates and collectors "competent officers" for approving adoptions, instead of courts, Union minister Maneka Gandhi said today, days after cases of alleged illegal adoptions came to light in Jharkhand.

Ms Gandhi was speaking at a national conference of the ministers in-charge of the women and child development departments in all the states and Union territories here.

"We are bringing in an amendment to the Juvenile Justice Act for making District Magistrate/Collector as the competent officer for approving adoptions, instead of courts: Maneka Gandhi," the ministry said in a tweet.

Ms Gandhi, the Union Women and Child Development Minister, had yesterday directed the state governments to inspect all the child-care homes run by the Mother Teresa-founded Missionaries of Charity (MoC), after cases of alleged illegal adoptions carried out by one such homes in Ranchi came to light.

On July 5, the Jharkhand police had arrested a nun and an employee of the Ranchi-based organisation, run by the MoC, for allegedly "selling" a baby for Rs. 1.2 lakh.

Police stand outside a home run by the Missionaries of Charity, in Ranchi, India.

Police stand outside a home run by the Missionaries of Charity, in Ranchi, India. Photograph: Reuters

India has ordered the immediate inspection of all childcare homes run by the Missionaries of Charity, the Catholic congregation established by Mother Teresa, after employees at one shelter were accused of selling babies for adoption.

The inspections were announced by the ministry for women and childhood development after a Missionaries of Charity home in Jharkhand state was shut this month following the arrest of a nun and a social worker employed there.

Sister Konsalia Balsa and social worker Anima Indwar were accused of having already sold three babies from the home, which provides shelter for pregnant, unmarried women.

De ervaring leert, kijk maar eens terug in de geschiedenis, dat mensen bepaald niet bedankt worden. En vaak gestrafd worden, ontslagen worden, of salaris moeten inleveren of disciplinaire procedures aan hun broek krijgen in een bedrijf.

Die mensen moeten worden beschermd. De wetgeving moet daar achter staan. Wij moeten er voor zorgen dat iemand die dat doet naar eer en geweten, daarvoor bedankt wordt. En niet gestrafd wordt.

Frans Timmermans

Eerste Vice Voorzitter van de Europese Commissie

23 april 2018

Illegal adoption: 85 childcare institutions to be inspected

Pradeep Sharma

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 26

Against the backdrop of the recent cases of alleged illegal child adoption reported from the Missionaries of Charity, a trust founded by Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, in Jharkhand, the Haryana Government has decided to conduct special inspections of 85 childcare institutions in the state.

Now it will be easy to adopt a child, court makes amendments to the rules

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The government is going to make the changes in process of child adoption very soon. In the monsoon session of Parliament from the Government, the amendment bill will be presented in the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act. After the implementation of the bill, the adoption procedure of the child will be completed in only two months. There is a clearance to change the rules of Section 2 of the Juvenile Justice Act (the procedure for child adoption under sub-section 23).

After this, the future parents will get rid of the long process. They will be able to get a final stamp from the lower level of the district level on the whole process. The Ministry of Women and Child Development changed the adoption rules in 2017 and implemented the Juvenile Justice Care and Protection of Children Act 2017. It is being revised and simplified again.

New rules will further strengthen the adoption process. Now the physical verification of the potential or future parents of the Child Protection Committee will come under the office of the District Magistrate. Due to the system being online, potential parents register online directly. After verification, they go to adoption agencies.

Baby-selling scandal: The Union government has instructed governments of all states to conduct immediate inspection of all childcare homes run by the Missionaries of Charity.By: FE Online | New Delhi | Updated: July 17, 2018 1:47 PM345SHARESSHARE missionaries of charityFILE PHOTO: Police stand outside a home which provides shelter for pregnant unmarried women run by the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic order founded by Mother Teresa, in Ranchi,Jharkhand on July 4, 2018. (REUTERS)Baby-selling scandal: The Union government has instructed governments of all states to conduct immediate inspection of all childcare homes run by the Missionaries of Charity (MoC), which is a Roman Catholic order founded by the late Mother Teresa. This comes days after authorities in Jharkhand had shut down a Missionaries of Charity home following the arrest of a nun and a worker for alleged baby-selling. The home provided shelter for pregnant and unmarried women.Here are the top developments in the scandal that has shocked the nation:– In a statement on Monday, Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said she had instructed states to ensure that all childcare institutions be registered and linked to the Central adoption authority within the next one month. “Taking cognizance of the recent cases of illegal adoptions carried out by Missionaries of Charity in Jharkhand, Maneka Gandhi has instructed the states to get childcare homes run by Missionaries of Charity all over the country inspected immediately,” the statement said.– On Tuesday, Gandhi said the Women and Child Development Ministry will amend the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act to make the district magistrates and collectors “competent officers” for approving adoptions, instead of courts. “We are bringing in an amendment to the JJ Act for making District Magistrate/Collector as the competent officer for approving adoptions, instead of courts,” Gandhi was tweeted as saying by the WCD ministry..– Reports of babies and children being sold by the charity-run homes and hospitals have appeared recently. It has been claimed by many campaigners that the illegal trafficking of babies and children is is driven by a long waiting list for adoption.

NEW DELHI Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has ordered all states to immediately inspect child care homes run by the Mother Teresafounded Missionaries of Charity, in the wake of cases of alleged illegal adoptions carried out by its Jharkhand shelters. She also told them to ensure that all child care institutions are registered and linked to the country’s apex adoption body within a month. The child care home in Ranchi, which allegedly “sold” three children and “gave away” another recently, said it is ready for any kind of inspection.

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