During the hearing, the High Court was informed that the committee set up under the Juvenile Justice Act refused to grant a certificate on the ground that the girls were no more minors and that their mother had visited them a couple of times.
The committee also asked the girls to produce a police verification report.
Pursuant to that, a police report was produced specifying that their mother’s whereabouts were not known.
In light of this, the Court concluded that the report could be accepted by the committee.
The Court asked the committee to conduct an enquiry and grant the document certifying that the two girls had been abandoned as children in the past even if they may be adults now.
“They are not asking for reservation or admission into some institution! Investigation has been done, these girls want to study because they have suffered all possible prejudice, are we to deny them that?” the judge said directing the committee to decide the application considering the provisions of the JJ Act.
“Having regard to the state of the record and fact as they have unfolded, we are satisfied that necessary material and child welfare committee is already on record. The unwillingness of the guardians to care for them manifests from the record,” the Court said.
Source: Barandbench
