NHRC,child labour and Intervention of PVCHR

Case Details of File Number: 57/14/12/2013-CL
Diary Number	8859
Name of the Complainant	LENIN RAGHUVANSHI, SECRETARY GENERAL
Address	PEOPLES VIGILANCE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS, SA 4/2 A, DAULATPUR,
	VARANASI , UTTAR PRADESH
Name of the Victim	NINE MINOR CHILDREN
Address	ASSAM,
	ASSAM , ASSAM
Place of Incident	KAKCHING KEIRAK
	THOUBAL , MANIPUR
Date of Incident	7/25/2013
Direction issued by the Commission	These proceedings shall be read in continuation of the proceedings dated 15.4.2014. Commission had perused the complaint moved by Dr. Lenin drawing attention towards a newspaper item published in Hindu on 8.8.2013 regarding child labour rescued from Manipur Bakery. The Child Welfare Committee Thoubal District raided a bakery located at Kakching Aeirak, the bakery owner Mohammed Jalalludin of Assam was found taking work from the childrens at his bakery for a long time. The childrens were never paid their wages. The police had also arrested Mohammed Hellanuddin, the younger brother of accused Jalaluddin. The Manipur Government granted Rs. 5,000/- to each of the boys and they were taken to their home by police and officials of the Social Welfare Department of Assam. Deputy Secretary to the Government of Assam, Social Welfare Department, Dispur, vide communication dated 28.10.2013 submitted that Director, Social Welfare, Member Secretary, State Child Protection Society to send the District Child Protection Officer Karimganj and District Social Welfare Officer, Thoubal District of Manipur. It was instructed that the boys who have been rescued are to be escorted to their native home district where they are to be united with their families after observing due formalities by Child Welfare Committee. It has also been reported that the boys were taken on 21.8.2013 by the team of the Social Welfare officers to their home districts and have been reintegrated with respective families after observing procedure. Proper arrangements for their education are to be made and directions had been issued in this regard. Child Welfare Committee, Thoubal, have executed undertaking in presence of Km. A.K. Veera Devi, Hon’ble Minister, Social Welfare and Cooperation Manipur. The childrens Taheruddin 15 years (2) Bahruddin 13 years (3) Abduluph 15 years (4) Shahmuddin 15 years (5) Rekhamuddin 13 years (6) Shamim 14 years (7) Mohammed Sunjan (8) Shakil Ahmed 14 years (9) Shirajuddin 17 years, have been restored to their respective parents through Child Welfare Committee, Karimganj. Joint Secretary, Government of Manipur, vide letter dated 22.5.2014 have informed the Commission that Government had adopted a more vigorous effort to tackle issues of the violation of child rights in the State and Child Welfare Committees in each of the districts of the State are taking active role to tackle issues of child trafficking. Commission has considered the reports. All the nine child rescued by the Child Welfare Committee have been restored with their parents along with the compensation of Rs. 5,000/- each. The report of Government of Manipur is silent about the recovery of Rs. 20,000/- each from the employers of the children as per the law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in M.C. Mehta vs. State of Tamil Nadu and others (1996) 6 SCC 756 for contravention of the provisions of Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986. Commission directs Chief Secretary, Government of Manipur to ensure the compliance of the Hon’ble Supreme Court direction and report be submitted within eight weeks.
Action Taken	Additional Information Called for (Dated 7/7/2017 )
Status on 7/27/2017	Response from concerned authority is awaited