This is an expression of total ignorance and portrays the perception that is pretty widespread in our country. While it should be legally addressed, it should also be taken up in the media. ----- Original Message ----- From: "KanchanPamnani" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 11:53 PM Subject: [AI] FW: Article
This Article is from the Times of India . I am so disgusted with the stand taken by this father. After the Constitution of India , after PWD Act and after CRPD and after all our achievements if India still thinks like this father then .... I really would like to know what the rest of you think about this matter and how should we tackle this issue. Kanchan 'Relax two-child poll norm in case of disabled kids' Election Aspirant Moves HC Swati Deshpande I TNN Mumbai: The two-child restriction on contestants in civic elections ought to be suspended when one child is physically or mentally challenged, said a poll aspirant from Pune in a new petition before the Bombay high court. With India's population at 1.2 billion and rising, the rule introduced first in 2000-01 for reigning in the national population has also run its course and is now "redundant", says Suresh Shirude, whose petition the HC on Tuesday posted for a hearing next Monday. The challenge is to Section 10 (1)(i) of the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, that was introduced in 2000 to the 1949 law. It added a rule for disqualification of a contestants to municipal corporation, councils and other local bodies. Shirude's lawyers from the law firm, ALMT Legal, state that the rule is discriminatory and arbitrary besides impinging on a citizen's right to life. Shirude has three children-the oldest is 21 and the youngest eight years old. His middle child, a boy (18), is blind from birth and when doctors gave up hope, he and his wife decided to bring in to the world a sibling for his support. "The decision to have a third child was to secure the wellbeing of our blind child and in the interest of his family," Shirude says. With nominations to be filed by January 2010 for the February elections in Pune to the civic body, Shirude's writ says the two-child rule must make an exemption in case of "special children". BJP leaders, including Eknath Khadse, also wrote to the chief minister with a request to suspend the rule in special circumstances such as accidental birth due to failed birth control methods and children with disabilities. The writ wants the HC to read down the rule in such a manner as to protect the right to life of not only the aspirant "but also his challenged child". The petition says the Indian population in 1991-2001 was 846 million and that there was an increase of 180.6 million population in the decade. Then, the two-child rule kicked in almost nationwide in 2000-01. And in March 2011, the population touched 1.2 billion with a rise of 181 million since 2001. Thus, the provision should be struck off, it says. But population experts say the idea has worked since its enforcement -in some states six years ago-to keep many political activists and aspirants in control. Besides, is a child with a disability not a child, human rights activists are likely to ask. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer does not consent to email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of the GroupM companies shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. GroupM companies are a member of WPP plc. For more information on our business ethical standards and Corporate Responsibility policies please refer to our website at http://www.wpp.com/WPP/About/ Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
