Single parenting dangerous for society: HC judge
Sureshkumar.K@timesgroup.com
Chennai:
Can the trend of single parents raising children have wide-ranging adverse effects on society as a whole? The Madras high court thinks so. Noting that a child needs the affection of both mother and father, the court on Friday observed that single parenting is a “dangerous concept for society”. One cannot compensate for the other and the lack of such affection and love might cause behavioural changes, causing the child to turn against society, it said.
Justice N Kirubakaran made the observation while hearing a contempt plea moved against the secretary of Union ministry of women and child development for allegedly failing to comply with the direction issued by the court to check child abuse.
In its order dated October 16, 2015, the court suggested the ministry to consider ‘castration’ to child abusers, particularly child rapists, as an additional punishment apart from other punishments under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, IPC and the Juvenile Justice Act.
This apart, the court directed the Union government to incorporate columns in Indian visa forms issued to foreign nationals to give the details of their pending cases, and cases of conviction as provided in UK Visa form. Among other directions, the Centre was also directed to instruct all state governments to conduct massive awareness programme about crimes against children as provided under the Pocso Act.
The petitioner moved the contempt plea because the Centre failed to implement these directions. When the plea came up for hearing on Friday, Justice Kirubakaran noted that the concept of joint family had initially shrunk to a nuclear, and then to single parenting. Referring to a recent sexual abuse cases reported in Chennai, the court said, “What kind of parents are they to be unaware of what is happening to their child.” The court observed it is time to bifurcate the Union ministry of women and child development and establish a dedicated ministry for child development. The judge asked the assistant solicitor-general, representing the Centre, to get instructions from the ministry as to whether they had issued any guidelines to spend the Nirbhaya fund being allotted to the state governments. He posted the hearing to August 17.
Sureshkumar.K@timesgroup.com
Chennai:
Can the trend of single parents raising children have wide-ranging adverse effects on society as a whole? The Madras high court thinks so. Noting that a child needs the affection of both mother and father, the court on Friday observed that single parenting is a “dangerous concept for society”. One cannot compensate for the other and the lack of such affection and love might cause behavioural changes, causing the child to turn against society, it said.
Justice N Kirubakaran made the observation while hearing a contempt plea moved against the secretary of Union ministry of women and child development for allegedly failing to comply with the direction issued by the court to check child abuse.
In its order dated October 16, 2015, the court suggested the ministry to consider ‘castration’ to child abusers, particularly child rapists, as an additional punishment apart from other punishments under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, IPC and the Juvenile Justice Act.
This apart, the court directed the Union government to incorporate columns in Indian visa forms issued to foreign nationals to give the details of their pending cases, and cases of conviction as provided in UK Visa form. Among other directions, the Centre was also directed to instruct all state governments to conduct massive awareness programme about crimes against children as provided under the Pocso Act.
The petitioner moved the contempt plea because the Centre failed to implement these directions. When the plea came up for hearing on Friday, Justice Kirubakaran noted that the concept of joint family had initially shrunk to a nuclear, and then to single parenting. Referring to a recent sexual abuse cases reported in Chennai, the court said, “What kind of parents are they to be unaware of what is happening to their child.” The court observed it is time to bifurcate the Union ministry of women and child development and establish a dedicated ministry for child development. The judge asked the assistant solicitor-general, representing the Centre, to get instructions from the ministry as to whether they had issued any guidelines to spend the Nirbhaya fund being allotted to the state governments. He posted the hearing to August 17.
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