Sampurna Behrua vs Union of India & Ors.

Court

Supreme Court of India

Date

27 November 2018

Case No.

M.A. No. 2069/2018

Bench

Madan B. Lokur, S. Abdul Nazeer, Deepak Gupta

Citation

[2018] 14 S.C.R. 392 : 2018 INSC 1110

Headnote

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) of Children Act, 2015 – Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for children who are victims of violence – Report of the Study by the NCPCR – Child Protection Policy – National Institution for benefit of Children – Status Report with regard to Child Welfare Committees and Juvenile Justice Boards – Study of Reports furnished by the States – Directions for further listing.

The following Order of the Court was passed: ORDER There are six issues that still require consideration in the present petition: 1. Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for children who are victims of violence We have been informed (and it has been recorded in our order dated 08.10.2018) that the Ministry of Women and Child Development is in the process of preparing / developing an SOP addressing the problem of violence, sexual or otherwise. This is with reference to children in Child Care Institutions and even other children who may not necessarily be in Child Care Institutions. Today, we

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