Dear Goanetters, At last we are hearing the good news that a 'Children's Court' will be set up shortly. The Goa Government has filed an affidavit stating that recently in the Panaji Bench of the Bombay High Court recently. The same Court has approved the name of the judge who will preside over the Children's Court. We do not yet know if the proposed name was that of Justice [Mrs]Bhimba Thali, the Aditional District & Sessions Judge in Panaji who has been dealing with similar cases under the existing laws.
The Goa State Children's Commission and other bodies like the Village Child Committee, Steering Committee, etc stipulated in the Goa Children's Act,2001 also need to be constituted and made operative. The good news is that things are moving in the right direction. Action has also been initiated to review the Goa Fruit and Ornamental Plant Nurseries [Regulation] Act,1995 and Rules,1997, which have been conspicuous by their breach rather by their implementation. Various combinations of political parties have had their day in the sun since 1995...and done nothing. The current CM is delivering on his promise on this legislation even after Rina Ray is long gone and almost forgotten in Goa...but it is not a priority with him as is IFFI. Do not expect the Children's Court in a jiffy. Work for it. Eternal vigilance is the price of Freedom. I am tracking the progress of the Goa Children's Act. The Bailancho Saad is working on it. You can help by raising the issue. Many hands make light work. Viva Goa. Miguel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chief Minister of Goa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Miguel Braganza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 12:46 PM > Subject: Reply > > > > Dear Shri Braganza, > > > > Thanks for the email dated November 12, 2003 In this regard, I have directed the Women and Child Department to speed up the matter on framing rules etc in respect to children's act. > > > > With kind regards, > > > > Yours sincerely, > > Manohar Parrikar > > Chief Minister of Goa > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Miguel Braganza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Information" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Joe Pinto" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 8:40 PM > > Subject: Rape of the Innocents > We have a long way to go. As the good old Chinese saying goes," A journey > of a thousand miles begins with the first step." > We have the Goa Children's Act,2003; we have a reconstituted Goa State > Women's Commission, we have enlightened parents and NGOs; we do have a > more responsive[ Call it 'communal' if you please, but it is more responsive > all the same. ] Government; we have a better administration....and the cases are at least getting registered in the police stations and in the public consciousness. Now is the time to act on the ACT. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.543 / Virus Database: 337 - Release Date: 11/21/2003 ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
