NCPCR

As per this recent tweet by current Chairperson of NCPCR (National Commission for Protection of Child Rights), they will not look into any issue related to child custody irrespective of whether there is a child custody case pending in court or not. As to what are the roles of NCPCR, we should look at the legislation how it came into being.  This is a government body created through legislative act called The Commissions For Protection Of Child Rights Act, 2005. I could find the preamble of the above act only in the official Gazette PDF of the bare act known as The Commissions For Protection Of Child Rights Act, 2005 (click to download).  In other online sources, preamble is missing.  Let’s have a look at the preamble below: From the preamble, it is clear that a main mandate of … [Read more...] about Why is NCPCR washing off its hands from Child Custody issues?