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| HC not satisfied with draft scheme for poor girls | | `Re-consider the draft' | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 16: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the government to give second look to the draft scheme prepared by it so as to implement its directions regarding poor girls effectively.
Hearing a Public Interest Litigation, a division bench of Chief Justice M M Kumar and Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar asked government to identify the girls who are about getting married and then provide Rs 25000 cash and 5 grams of gold.
"In the order dated 30.12.2013, one of the Important issue was grant of benefits to the needy girls numbering about 3,73,086 who stand identified by the authorities. The Government had formulated some scheme for the welfare of such girls. However, the Court, on its part, has issued detailed directions which are in addition and supplementary to the benefits given by the Government Schemes."
The directions issued on 30.12.2013 were challenged before the Supreme Court by filing Special Leave Petition and the same was decided on 05.05.2014 by observing apex court.
While appreciating the work done by the State Government for carrying out various schemes for the betterment of the girls, the Supreme Court asked government to give effect to the directions by the High Court for a comprehensive scheme for the betterment of the girls.
When the matter came up for consideration on May 26, the division bench had accepted the request for adjournment made the State counsel on the ground that the meeting headed by the Chief Secretary was likely to be held on same day (26.5.2014).
Accordingly, status report was filed by the government and after perusal the court observed that it does not make mention of either the directions issued by the Court in its preamble nor effectively deal with those directions.
"The Draft Scheme requires a second look at the hands of respondents so as to implement the directions issued by this Court effectively. It need not emphasize that girls numbering about 3,73,086 constitute a class in themselves and the directions Issued by this Court on 30.12.2013 have been upheld by the Supreme Court with a further direction for Implementation thereof, there Is no room left for any authority to deviate from those directions," the court said. On 30 December, the bench had asked the government to formulate an exclusive scheme for poor girls and laid down the broad parameters for it. "Areas be carved out in both urban and rural areas, which are in close proximity with each other, from where these girls have been identified. Two or three mohalla/wards in urban areas and one or two villages in rural areas can constitute a unit," the court had said.
The court had said the girls of these areas be made part of cooperative society which shall be exclusively for them and for their benefits.
"The amount which would be required for launching these societies shall be provided by the government," the court had said.
"These girls, wherever required shall be imparted training in handicraft, tailoring, knitting, poultry and analogous and identified jobs," it had added. "The Societies and Cooperative Societies of these girls shall he provided all incentives to work. The products of these societies shall be purchased by the Handicraft Department/Handicraft Corporation of the state.
"The payments to these Societies/Cooperative Societies shall be made at the time of purchase of the products itself. Further profits earned by these government outlets shall be shared by Societies/Cooperative Societies in equal proportions," the court had said.
The court had said the government should provide all necessary paraphernalia to enable the girls to start the above mentioned activities. |
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