SUO MOTO Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Shri Anirudh Purohit, Amicus Curiae has moved an application seeking a direction to the State Government to provide logistic/human resources for operating the Juvenile Justice Secretariat, which has been established at the Rajasthan High Court, Principal Seat, Jodhpur and Bench Jaipur to assist the Juvenile Justice Committee which has been constituted under the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court. Provision of such a Secretariat has been mandated by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Exploitation of Children in Orphanages in State of Tamil Naidu In Re Vs. Union of India and Ors. reported in (2017) 7 SCC 578. It may be stated here that till now, the financial and logistic support for operating the Secretariat to assist the Juvenile Justice Committee was provided by the UNICEF which has now, owing to financial difficulties, stopped the same. Two relevant paragraphs i.e 98 and 99 of the above judgment are quoted hereinbelow:-

(2.) The obligation to provide the facility of a Secretariat of the Juvenile Justice Committee is undoubtedly upon the State Government. The High Court has already provided sufficient space and logistic support for this purpose and only human resources are to be provided.

(3.) Learned AAG Shri Anil Kumar Gaur, Shri Farzand Ali, Shri Pankaj Sharma, Shri Sunil Beniwal submit that they shall complete their instructions in this regard and response shall be positively filed by the next date of hearing. Learned AAG prays for time to file response in reference to the earlier order dated 19.02.2020.