JEMTEC

India has ratified the Convention on Rights of Child . The idealistic instrument provides for attainment of highest desirable standards of health for children. Even though the spirit of the Convention has been imbibed in the country’s municipal laws such as Juvenile Justice Act, POCSO amongst others, a category of children seem to be negligently or deliberately, nonetheless wrongfully excluded from the protection guaranteed by such social justice laws. This category of children, are not only socially stigmatized and ostracized, but are nowhere in the priority list of policymakers. Even though the present day legislations and judicial pronouncements have started acknowledging children’s rights in general, no concrete steps have been taken for the upliftment of children of incarcerated parents.The lack of regulatory framework and fragmented policies, with some States coming forward with rudimentary institutional support to these children and others blatantly ignoring their plight, ha...