it is quite ridiculous. don't know what and where the society is thinking. On 11/24/11, Anirban Mukherjee <[email protected]> wrote: > the idea of having another child to support a child with disability is > ridiculous to say the least. it (the logic put forward by the > complainant) goes against the basic rights of a disabled child. it > should be protested vehimently. > > with warm regards, Anirban > > On 11/24/11, George Abraham <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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. 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