National Commission for Protection Of Child Rights has issued notices to the police and the district magistrate of the city regarding the Delhi acid attack that took place today asking how the accused could procure acid when its retail sale is banned.

In the wake of city's air quality continued to remain in 'very poor' quality, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairperson Priyank Kanoongo Wednesday sends a notice to Arvind Kejriwal led AAP government for continuous negligence to the issue to pollution.

New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Thursday took suo-moto cognizance in the Patna incident where an IAS officer had publicly mocked a school girl if "she wanted condoms too" when she asked for affordable sanitary napkins at a workshop organized in the eastern state of Bihar.

New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, a leading body of Islamic scholars held a meeting on Tuesday where it decided to back the Yogi Adityanath government's decision to survey unrecognized madrasas in Uttar Pradesh.

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 5 (ANI): A Madrassa teacher from Hyderabad, has been arrested after he was accused of sodomizing a minor boy in the Santosh Nagar area.

Patna (Bihar) [India], July 7 (ANI): A tuition teacher in Bihar has been arrested by local police for brutally thrashing a six-year-old student after he witnessed his teacher making lewd comments to a female student.

New Delhi Mar 24 PTI The police failed to take appropriate action in the recent violence between two communities in Madhya Pradeshs Raisen district which led to firing and children sustained critical injuries the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights alleged The apex child rights body called for a high-level inquiry at the home secretary level and directed that the investigation report be sent to it within 15 days A man succumbed to bullet wounds and some people were injured in a clash between two groups in Khamaria village some 115 kilometres from the district headquarters last Saturday The NCPCR in its report said four children were injured in this incident Its chairperson Priyank Kanoongo visited the region and upon investigation he found that appropriate action was not taken by the police during the violence according to the child rights body Therefore after conducting a high-level inquiry at the home secretary level the investigation report should be sent to the commission within 15 days the commission said in the report Kanoongo also sought Rs 1 lakh interim relief for the children injured in the incident During the visit it was found that the police had provided security at the residences of the accused while the houses of the victims were not provided with any kind of police protection the NCPCR claimed It is noteworthy that the children of the tribal community who were harassed in the violence who are also eyewitnesses and witnesses it seems necessary to be given police protection even outside their homes in their villages Therefore it is recommended that the administration should provide security in an impartial manner and while recording the statements of children the child-friendly process of Juvenile Justice Act 2015 should be followed and their statements should be recorded only after proper counselling of the frightened children the report mentioned From the interaction with the affected people including children and their families it appeared that there were attempts of discrimination against the tribal children and to keep them out of the mainstream of the nation the commission said The NCPCR shared the report with the chief secretary of Madhya Pradesh and requested him to issue necessary directions to all stakeholders concerned in order to take urgent action on these issues PTI UZM CJ CJ

New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Thursday wrote to the Delhi Government on a complaint against it for 'using minor school children of Delhi for a promotion advertisement shoot.

New Delhi Sep 25 PTI The NCPCR has written to the Rajasthan chief ministers office expressing apprehensions over the Registration of Marriages Amendment Bill 2021 saying it legitimises child marriages The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights in its letter said the Section 8 of the amendment bill provides for registration of child marriages through marriage registration officers of the place where they have been residing for more than 30 days The commission feared the enactment of the bill may have a serious impact on the physical psychological and social state of the minors and their education It asked the government to reconsider the bill and review it in accordance with the law and welfare of the children in the state The bill states that the marriage between the bridegroom who has not completed 21 years and the bride who has not completed 18 years of age could be registered by the parents or guardians within the 30 days of the marriage the NCPCR said in the letter on Friday The commission said the bill legitimises child marriages in Rajasthan The Rajasthan Assembly had last week passed the bill amending a 2009 Act The bill has fomented a considerable controversy eliciting even a public interest litigation over the legitimacy of the said section PTI UZM VN SNE

New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI): National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), the apex body for child rights, took suo moto cognizance of the report of alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Pune and directed the Police Commissioner to inquire and send action taken report in seven days.