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| HC seeks response on amendments to Prevention of Corruption Act | | Asks Govt to evolve scheme for 'poor girls' in state | | S Sabaqat
Srinagar, Nov 14: Division Bench (DB) of J&K High Court has directed government to file response by December 9, about the process of amending J&K Prevention of Corruption Act -2006 in keeping with recommendations ion view made by a high-level committee headed by Chief Secretary. Meantime in another direction Court also sought response about evolving of a scheme for enabling poor girls and women earn dignified livelihood.
Division Bench comprising Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir and Justice M H Attar passed the direction after Advocate General M I Qadri submitted to the court that the recommendations by the committee, constituted earlier this year have been sent to Law Department and the same shall be sent to the GAD for submission to the Cabinet within a week. The committee has made recommendations after discussing various suggestions directed to be considered by the court in July this year. Among the suggestions include awarding six to twenty years jail convicted person and making bail provisions stringent at par with Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act. The advocate general also informed the court that power has been conferred to the Additional District & Session Judges to function as Special Judge Anti-Corruption within their respective Jurisdiction. Meanwhile referring evolving of a scheme for enabling poor girls and women earn dignified livelihood, the Division Bench of High Court also sought response about evolving of a scheme for enabling poor girls and women earn dignified livelihood. Earlier the Secretary Social Welfare Department in its compliance report to the directions by the court submitted that there 3,73,086 poor girls in the state. He also informed that there are about 13 centrally/state sponsored schemes for the welfare of the vulnerable and weaker sections of the society run by the Social Welfare Department. Out of them, the secretary said, 8 schemes are purely meant for the welfare of poor women in different age groups. Here it needs to mention that Court passed the directions which responding to the case titled Muhammad Amin Beigh v/s State and others.
The District Magistrate Srinagar had slapped detention order under Public Safety Act (PSA) on Beigh for allegedly exploiting girls under garb of providing them jobs. Beigh had challenged the order in the High Court. However, the Court dismissed his plea and subsequently passed series of directions to the government asking it to take steps to ensure rehabilitation of poor girls in the State. |
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