MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF JUVENILE JUSTICE COMMITTEE HELD ON 12.07.2018 AT 04.45 P.M. IN THE CONFERENCE HALL, 3RD FLOOR, EXTENSION BLOCK, DELHI HIGH COURT, NEW DELHI. CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MUKTA GUPTA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDER SHEKHAR HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE ANU MALHOTRA HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE REKHA PALLI PRESENT:- Mr. Anshu Prakash, Chief Secretary, GNCTD Mr. Devinder Singh, Special Secretary, Department of Finance, GNCTD Mr. Manoj Kumar, Deputy Secretary, Department of Finance, GNCTD Ms. Rashmi Krishnan, Secretary, SW/WCD, GNCTD Dr. Nisha Aggarwal, Deputy Director, DWCD, GNCTD Ms. Yogita Gupta, Asstt. Director (CPU), WCD, GNCTD Mr. Sanjeev Khirwar, Secretary (Health & Family Welfare), GNCTD Dr. Kirti Bhushan, DGHS, GNCTD Dr. Parveen Kumar, APD (DSACS), GNCTD Dr. Amod Borle, Incharge (SHS), Directorate of Health Services, GNCTD Dr. Gautam Kumar Singh, Adolescent Health, Department of Family Welfare, GNCTD Dr. Alok Gupta, SHS/DGHS, GNCTD Ms. Geetanjli Goel, Special Secretary, DSLSA Mr. Arul Varma, Principal Magistrate, JJB-I, Sewa Kutir Complex, Kingsway Camp Mr. Hemraj, Principal Magistrate, JJB-II, Delhi Gate Mr. Gopal Singh Chauhan, Principal Magistrate, JJB-III, Sewa Kutir Complex Ms. Surabhi Sharma Vats, Principal Magistrate, JJB-IV, Vishwas Nagar, Shahdara Ms. Swati Katiyar, Principal Magistrate, JJB-V, Vishwas Nagar, Shahdara Mr. Subhash Kumar Mishra, Principal Magistrate, JJB-VI, Vishwas Nagar, Shahdara Ms. Nuzhat Hassan, Special Commissioner, Delhi Police Ms. Esha Pandey, D.C.P, SPUWAC, Malviya Nagar, Delhi Police Mr. S.S. Gill, Special Secretary, Uraban Development, GNCTD Mr. Sandeep Kumar, Secretary (Education), GNCTD Mr. Sanjay Goel, Director (Education), GNCTD Mr. Shamim Akhtar, Department of Education, GNCTD Ms. Ranjana Deswal, Department of Education, GNCTD Ms. Saroj Sain, Department of Education, GNCTD Mr. Tapeshwar Jugran, Department of Education, GNCTD Ms. Kavita Rana, Department of Education, GNCTD Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh, Department of Education, GNCTD Dr. Amit Khanna, IHBAS Dr. Ranbir Singh, Commissioner, East Delhi Municipal Corporation Dr. Ajay Lekhi, Dy. D.H.O (Health), East Delhi Municipal Corporation Mr. Madhup Vyas, Commissioner, North Delhi Municipal Corporation Mr. R.S. Meena, Additional Commissioner, North Delhi Municipal Corporation Dr. S.K.Arora, Addl. DHA, North Delhi Municipal Corporation Dr. Manoj Kumar, Deputy Health Officer, North Delhi Municipal Corporation Mr. H K Hem, Director, North Delhi Municipal Corporation Dr. Arun Yadav, DHA, North Delhi Municipal Corporation Dr. Randhir Sahay, Additional Commissioner, South Delhi Municipal Corporation Page 1 of 12 Mr. Vishwendra, Director (Education), South Delhi Municipal Corporation Dr. Sita Bhagi, Dy. DHA (SHS), South Delhi Municipal Corporation Ms. Anita Nautial, Deputy Director (Education), South Delhi Municipal Corporation Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Superintending Engineer, PWD Mr. Hari Om Mogra, Ex. Engineer, PWD Mr. J.P. Singh, Ex. Engineer, PWD Mr. Sanjay Balwan, Asstt. Engineer (Civil), PWD West Mr. Hem Prakash Sharma, Executive Engineer (Elect.), PWD Mr. Niti Sharma, District Education Officer, New Delhi Municipal Corporation Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Director, SPYM Attendance: Mr. Lorren Bamniyal, Registrar, Juvenile Justice Secretariat Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma, Joint Registrar, Juvenile Justice Secretariat Ms. Meena Bhardwaj, Deputy Registrar, Juvenile Justice Secretariat Ms. Promila Gupta, Assistant Registrar, Juvenile Justice Secretariat Mr. Chander Shekhar, Admn. Officer (Judl.), Juvenile Justice Secretariat Minutes:- At the outset, the meeting started with a welcome note by the Registrar, Juvenile Justice Secretariat. The following items/issues as per agenda of the meeting were taken up:- Item Agenda of the meeting Minutes No. 1. To consider the matter regarding Ms. Rashmi Krishnan, Secretary, Department of Social directions passed in W.P.(C) Welfare states that when the proposal was put up before 5137/2013 titled as “Court on its own Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC), it was realized Motion Vs. GNCTD & Ors.” on that place for Skill Development should also be there in 20.03.2018 by the Hon’ble Division the integrated complex and thus revised proposal has Bench of this Court with regard to the been sent to PWD. construction of building which could Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Superintending Engineer, PWD be used as a Child Care Institution, states that the revised plan is ready but it will take some Children Home, Shelter Home, time to prepare and submit the revised estimate to the Observation Home, Special Home, Social Welfare Department. Place of Safety, and also for Juvenile The Committee decided to have a separate meeting with Justice Board at Narela Complex, Department of Women and Child Development/ Delhi. Department of Social Welfare and PWD on 18.07.2018 to discuss the layout plan and estimate of the proposed integrated complex at Narela. The Committee requested Ms. Geetanjli Goel to attend the meeting on 18.07.2018 at 04:30 P.M. 2. To consider the progress made with The Chairperson apprised all the participants about their regard to setting up of separate Homes visit to a Children Home for Mentally Challenged at for mentally challenged at Narela, Lucknow, which is funded by the State Government and Usmanpur, Dallupura & Kanjhawala. run by an NGO namely Nirvana. In the said Home every mentally challenged child is given additional oxygen daily to cope up with their physical disability. The Committee suggested that since work is in progress for setting up of separate Homes for mentally challenged at Narela, Usmanpur, Dallupura & Kanjhawala, the Page 2 of 12 Nirvana Home Model can be replicated and inputs can be taken from Nirvana (NGO). The Committee observed that the facts and figures sent by the PWD are irreconcilable with the report of the Social Welfare Department. Mr. Anshu Prakash, Chief Secretary, GNCT of Delhi assured that a proper report, collected from all the concerned departments, will be submitted to the Committee. The Committee decided to take up this issue also in the meeting to be held on 18th July, 2018. 3. To consider the matter regarding The Committee took note of the report dated 05.07.2018 infrastructural requirements of submitted by DWCD, mentioning therein that, on Specially Abled Children 15.05.2018 in the matter of WP (C) 11187/2017, Court on its own motion Vs GNCT of Delhi and Ors., Mr. Nipun Malhotra has been requested to undertake disability audit in all Child Care Institutions. Further, needful would be done to fulfill infrastructural requirements of specially abled children. Education Department of North Delhi Municipal Corporation has also submitted that there is provision of Ramps and Toilets facilities for differently abled children in the schools of North DMC. Mr. Sandeep Kumar, Secretary (Education) GNCT of Delhi, informed the Committee that out of 14 resource centres proposed for children with special needs, one at Lajpat Nagar and the other at West Vinod Nagar are ready with all the infrastructure and will be operational within two months. Further, in six other centres, civil and electrical works are over and only furniture is to be provided and the same will be operational within next four months. He further submitted that completion of the work at the remaining six centres will take some time. He apprised the Committee that it is an end to end solution from 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM with the facilities like special education, physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, behaviour modification, counselling, hydro therapy and swimming pool etc. He submitted that these resource centres are located in the government schools and the remaining centres will also be located in the government schools. On being enquired by the Committee as to whether these resource centres are gender specific, it was informed that though as of now these centres are gender neutral, but if need be, provision for boy specific and girl specific rooms will be made and also in due course they will have 136 resource centres all over Delhi for each cluster. Progress report be submitted by Secretary (Education) before the next meeting. Page 3 of 12 4. To consider the matter regarding Mr. Sanjeev Khirwar, Secretary (Health), GNCT of functioning of One Stop Centres in Delhi and Dr. Kirti Bhushan, Director, stated that 12 one Delhi. stop centres have been set up in 12 hospitals in Delhi. On enquiry by the Committee about the staff working in these one stop centres, it was submitted by Secretary (Health) that only internal arrangements are there. The existing staff i.e. Jr. Gynaecologist, Sr. Gynaecologist, Aaya, staff nurses, Nursing Orderly, Data Entry Operator and Clerk etc. are also tending to the one stop centres. Secretary (Health) informed that regarding manpower to run these one stop centres, all hospitals have been directed to submit their proposals for creation of posts. On a query by the Chairperson as to where these centres are located in the hospital, it was informed that two rooms for the purpose besides the labour room and/or casualty have been earmarked and for the convenience of the visitors proper signages have also been placed. On a query, the Committee was also apprised that on an average two to three cases per hospital are received daily, however, sometimes there may be no case. It was informed that one stop centre each in 12 hospitals are working. Ms. Geetanjli Goel, Special Secretary, DSLSA, pointed out that there is no one stop centre in the government hospitals in South Delhi. Chief Secretary, GNCT of Delhi submitted that efforts will be made to set up at least two One Stop Centres in two hospitals in South Delhi i.e. one in Madan Mohan Malviya Hospital at Malviya Nagar and the other at government hospital in Kalkaji. Chief Secretary also assured the Committee that they are contemplating setting up of one stop centre in the 600 bedded government hospital coming up at Ambedkar Nagar in South Delhi. The Committee asked Special Secretary, DSLSA, to visit the existing 12 one stop centres to see their functioning and to ascertain if some additional manpower and infrastructural facilities are required to be provided to them.