Supreme Court of India
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights & Ors. v. Dr. Rajesh Kumar & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that even a State Commission has the power to inquire into those matters which fall within its purview and even if the illegality is such that it has inter- State or international ramifications, e.g. a child is being illegally sent for adoption abroad.
Judgment, page 25
From the headnote
Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005 – Furnishing of information by the police official – There were news reports in February, 2017 indicating that a child-care institution in West Bengal had indulged in large scale trafficking of children – NCPCR took cognizance of these reports on 03.03.2017 and two members of the NCPCR went to the State and requested the State officials to provide them some information which, according to the NCPCR, was not provided – ADGP, CID was summoned to appear before the NCPCR – ADGP filed writ petition challenging the jurisdiction of the NCPCR to…
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