One need to be practical. The anxiety of parents need to be appreciated. One more thing, the impact of legislations and the good work done by advocacy groups is felt mostly by the educated and some what economically soun group of PHs. True, efforts have to continue to reach out to as large section of the population as possible, but do't lose heart Kanchan. Take it in your stride and continue with your good work. Niranjan
On 11/23/11, KanchanPamnani <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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
