HC pulls up child rights commission
The Hindu
For ordering psychiatric treatment for a woman
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has pulled up the Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights for exceeding its jurisdiction by ordering a psychiatric treatment for a woman.
The Bench comprising Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice C. Jayachandran impleaded the commission as it was of the prima facie opinion that the commission had exceeded its jurisdiction.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists