The Standing Committee on Labour and Employment (Chairman: Mr. Dara Singh Chauhan) presented its 40th report on the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012 on December 13, 2013.
This writ petition was filed by Bandhua Mukti Morcha (Petitioner)under Article 32 of the Constitution by way of public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directives of the Government to take steps to stop employment of children in Carpet Industry in the State of Uttar Pradesh. Subsequently appoint a Committee to investigate into their conditions of employment; and to issue such welfare directives as are appropriate for total prohibition on employment of children below 14 years and directing the respondent to give them facilities like education, health, sanitation, nutritious food,etc.
To eliminate the menace of child labour and to effectuate the mandate of Articles 23, 24, 39, 45 and 47 of the Constitution, Supreme Court had given a large number of mandatory directions in "M.C.
The National Policy on Child Labour, August 1987 contains the action plan for tackling the problem of child labour. It envisages: A legislative action plan focussing and convergence of general development programs for benefiting children wherever possible, and project-based action plan of action for launching of projects for the welfare of working children in areas of high concentration of child labour.
An Act to prohibit the engagement of children in certain employments and to regulate the conditions of work of children in certain other employments.
This case arose out of a public interest litigation filed by M.C.
