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HC for round-the-clock helpline services for child labour

A bench headed by the chief justice AP Shah also asked the government to launch a website specifically dedicated to the problem of child labour.

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The Delhi High Court today asked the city government to explore the possibility of starting a round-the-clock helpline services for child labour in the national capital.

A bench headed by the chief justice AP Shah also asked the government to launch a website specifically dedicated to the problem of child labour.

The Bench, also comprising justice S Muralidhar, was hearing a PIL filed by NGOs seeking its direction to formulate guidelines for regulating and eradicating child labour in the capital.

Earlier, the court had allowed the police to initiate criminal proceedings against those employing children as labourers and to recover Rs20,000 from them as penalty without waiting for their conviction.

"We direct that the responsibility of lodging a police complaint against an employer, employing child labour, would lie with the Delhi Police and not the Labour Department," the court had said in July.

The Court had said that for eradicating the problem, the police should be given power to take action against the erring employer and it should not be left to the labour department.

The Court had on September 24 last year directed the Commission to formulate a detailed Action Plan for strict enforcement and implementation of Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 and other related legislations.

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