Question

prepare project on the judgement passed by the Supreme Court on the issue of child labour​

Answer 1

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Supreme Court is the highest court in India. Due to this, it is also called the apex court. The Supreme Court of India is located in New Delhi. According to the Indian constitution, the supreme court is the guardian of the Constitution. All court in India function under the direction and control of the Supreme Court of India. First citizen is not satisfied with the judgement of a Lower court, here she can appeal to the Higher Court. Headed by the Chief Justice of India, the supreme court comprises a maximum of 13 judges. Is the President of India appoints the judges on the advice of The council of minister and the sitting judges of the Supreme Court. Judges of the supreme court retired on attaining the age of 65.

Answer 2

Answer:

On 10th December 1996 in Writ Petition (Civil) No.465/1986 on MC Mehta verses state of Tamil Nadu the Supreme Court of India, gave certain directions on the issue of elimination of child labour. The main features of judgment are as under:

• Survey for identification of working children;
• Withdrawal of children working in hazardous industry and ensuring their education in appropriate institutions;
• Contribution @ Rs.20,000/- per child to be paid by the offending employers of children to a welfare fund to be established for this purpose;
• Employment to one adult member of the family of the child so withdrawn from work and it that is not possible a contribution of Rs.5,000/- to the welfare fund to be made by the State Government;
• Financial assistance to the families of the children so withdrawn to be paid -out of the interest earnings on the corpus of Rs.20,000/25,000 deposited in the welfare fund as long as the child is actually sent to the schools;
• Regulating hours of work for children working in non-hazardous occupations so that their working hours do not exceed six hours per day and education for at least two hours is ensured. The entire expenditure on education is to be borne by the concerned employer.
• The implementation of the direction of the Hon’ble Supreme Court is being monitored by the Ministry of Labour and compliance of the directions have been reported in the form of Affidavits on 05.12.97, 21.12.1999, 04.12.2000, 04.07.2001 and 04-12-2003 to the Hon’ble Court on the basis of the information received from the State/UT Governments.