Bombay High Court
High Court On Its Own Motion (El Shaddai … vs State Of Goa, Thr. Chief Secretary And 5 … on 4 August, 2025
Author: Bharati Dangre
Bench: Bharati Dangre
2025:BHC-GOA:1441-DB PIL SM 1 OF 2024.ODT
2025:BHC-GOA:1441-DB
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION SUO MOTU NO. 1 of
2024
High Court on it's own motion ... PETITIONER
Versus
1. State of Goa, through its Chief
Secretary, Porvorim, Goa.
2. Secretary, Home Department,
Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa.
3. The Director, Directorate of Women
& Child Development, 2nd Floor, Old
Education Building, 18th June Road,
Panaji, Goa.
4. Director General of Police, Goa
Police Headquarters, Near Azad
Maidan, Panaji-Goa, India Pin Code 403
001.
5. Chairperson, Child Welfare
Committee, for North Goa District,
Government of Goa, Apna Ghar
Complex, Merces-Goa.
6. El Shaddai Charitable Trust, Office:
El Shaddai House # 251, Socol, Vaddo,
Assagao, Bardez, Goa. ... RESPONDENTS
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Ms. Annelise Fernandes, Amicus Curiae.
Ms. Akshata Bhat, Additional Government Advocate for
Respondent Nos. 1 to 4.
Mr. Neehal Vernekar, Advocate for Respondent No. 5.
Mr. Parag S. Rao with Mr. S. Singbal, Advocates for Respondent
No. 6.
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CORAM: BHARATI DANGRE &
NIVEDITA P. MEHTA, JJ.
RESERVED ON: 24th JULY 2025
PRONOUNCED ON: 4th AUGUST 2025
ORDER:
(per BHARATI DANGRE, J.)
1. Suo Motu cognizance is taken of a letter dated 13.08.2024
received from the Child Welfare Committee, North Goa District
(CWC) pertaining to the illegalities committed by the ‘El Shaddai
Charitable Trust’.
The letter allege that some Child Care Institutions (CCI) in
North Goa District are not adhering to the due process of law and
in particular, are not complying with the provisions of the Juvenile
Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act) and
Rules framed thereunder.
Referring to the surprise inspection of the CCI, namely
“House of Kathleen” at Assagao, Goa on 31.07.2024, it noted the
following illegalities:-
(i) Some children were housed without an order of
the committee.
(ii) Some children, despite being released, continued
to be housed in the institution.
(iii) Some children, despite having Orders, were
shown as absent from the institution’s attendance
register.
(iv) That institution sent children to their respective
homes/residences on a long leave of absence without
informing/intimating the Committee.
(v) Some children were released from the institution
without the Committee’s knowledge.
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2. Further, the letter also stated that on 03.08.2024, the
Committee along with the District Child Protection Unit (DCPU),
conducted a surprise visit to the CCI, to find that around 34
children were housed and most of the children were from outside
the State and some of the children who were initially given custody
to their parents were also admitted in the Institution without the
knowledge of the Committee.
This prompted the DCPU to file a police complaint against
the Institution for appropriate action.
3. Another point which was highlighted in the letter is the act
of uploading the videos of children admitted in the Institution
either on ‘Facebook’ or ‘Instagram’ pages, thereby violating the
provisions of Section 74(1) and Section 74(3) of the JJ Act, 2015.
It was therefore alleged that the above Institution is
functioning in utter disregard to law and running and maintaining
a parallel child care system and the CWC, being a statutory
Authority under the provisions of the JJ Act, is interested in the
well-being of the children, requested for action.
4. Upon the cognizance being taken of the letter, it was
registered as Suo Motu Public Interest Litigation, and the Court
requested Mr. Ashwin D. Bhobe (at present sitting Judge of the
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Bombay High Court) and Ms. Annelise Fernandes to appear and
assist the Court.
Since the grievance made in the complaint revolved around
El Shaddai Trust, it was impleaded as Respondent No. 6.
The said Respondent, being represented by Mr. Parag Rao,
has tendered its affidavit in reply, affirmed by its Managing
Trustee, Mr. Mathew Kurian, on 27.08.2024, and this received a
rejoinder affidavit filed by the Chairperson of the North Goa CWC
on 09.12.2024.
The Convenience Note was filed on behalf of Respondent
No. 5, relying upon the factual aspects and also giving its
suggestions for the effective implementation of the JJ Act through
the prescribed machinery i.e. the Child Development Committees
working under the control of the Department of Women and Child
Development.
This Note has also received a response at the end of
Respondent No. 6.
5. We have heard the learned Amicus, Ms. Annelise Fernandes
for the Petitioner, Ms. Akshata Bhat, the learned Additional
Government Advocate for the State Authorities i.e. Respondent
Nos. 1 to 4, Mr. Neehal Vernekar, the learned Additional
Government Advocate for CWC i.e. Respondent No. 5 and Mr.
Parag Rao representing Respondent No. 6.
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6. Mr. Vernekar, the learned Counsel for CWC has invited our
attention to the letter dated 13.08.2024 addressed to various
Authorities, of which the Court had taken cognizance, and he
would submit that the CWC is a body constituted under Section 27
of the JJ Act, 2015, and Section 30 of the said Act has set out the
functions and responsibilities of the Committee.
According to him, the primary function of the Committee is
to deal with cases of children who are in need of care and
protection and by inviting our attention to distinct categories of a
‘Child’, he would submit that the JJ Act covers two of them;
namely, a “Child in conflict with law” i.e. a child who is alleged or
found to have committed an offence and who has not completed
eighteen years of age on the date of commission of the offence and
a ‘Child in need of care and protection’ defined in Section 2(14)
cover various categories of children, who are in need of care and
protection.
Highlighting the procedure prescribed in the Act, Mr.
Vernekar would invite our attention to Chapter VI of the JJ Act,
which prescribe the procedure in relation to such children, and he
would submit that the Committee is the sole Authority to decide
whether a child ought to be institutionalised in the CCI or not.
According to him, when the child is produced before the
Committee, who is in need of care and protection, it is not as a
matter of right or procedure that the child has to be mandatorily
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admitted to an Institution as Section 37(b) allow a child to be
restored to the family despite of need and protection.
According to Mr. Venekar, Section 40(1) of the JJ Act, which
is a provision as regarding restoration of child in need of care and
protection, he would submit that restoration and protection of a
child is the prime objective and all such steps which are necessary
for restoration of child deprived of the family environment are
contemplated by the statute and the Committee is bestowed with
the powers to restore any child in need of care and protection to
the parents, guardians etc. According to him, a child shall be
placed in institutional care as a last resort after making reasonable
inquiry and for this purpose, he would place reliance upon the
general principles to be followed in the administration of the JJ
Act, which are categorically set out in Section 3, and he would rely
upon Principle No. (xii), which reads thus:
“3(xii) Principle of institutionalisation as a measure of
last resort: A child shall be placed in institutional care
as a step of last resort after reasonable inquiry.”
7. According to Mr. Vernekar, the CWC is competent to make
appropriate inquiry of the status of the parents and the wishes of
the child in the event the parents approach the Committee seeking
admission of the child, and if it feels that the child does not need
institutionalisation, the Committee shall pass necessary orders.
An admission of the child in need of care and protection,
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according to Mr. Vernekar, is the sole prerogative of the CWC, and
no CCI can have any say in the decision of the Committee.
In addition, it is also his submission that the Committee
grants admission only to children falling in the category of the
children who need care and protection and if any person is
aggrieved by any order of the Committee, the aggrieved person has
a remedy of filing an Appeal before the Children’s Court under
Section 101 of the JJ Act, 2015.
8. It is in the background of this statutory scheme, Mr.
Vernekar submit that when an inspection was carried out by the
Committee of the CCI, namely, ‘House of Kathleen’ at Assagao
belonging to Respondent No. 6, several illegalities were noticed,
the foremost being that children from different States were housed
there, without the orders of the Committee and some children
despite being released, continued to be in the Institution.
The inspection of the Institution, carried out found 34
children illegally housed, and the reluctance on the part of the
staff present to have access to the registers led to an inference that
something was hidden. The staff was also unable to show valid
orders/documentation, justifying housing of the children and
several instances were noticed during the inspection of the
Institution run by Respondent No. 6, which gave rise to inference
that it was being run in contravention of the provisions of JJ Act
and a demand was made for an appropriate inquiry in that regard.
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According to Mr. Venekar, the purpose of the JJ Act is to
cater to the children in need of care and protection by providing
them proper care, development, treatment, social integration and
adopting a child-friendly approach in adjudication and disposal of
the matters and institutionalisation of the children is not at all the
focus of the Act.
According to him, a ‘ Child Care Institute’ defined in Section
2(21) would include children’s home, open shelter, observation
home, special home, place of safety, etc., which would be capable
of providing care and protection to the children who are in need of
such services. He would submit that it is necessary for the CCI to
be registered in terms of Section 41 of the Act and it can be an
Institution run by the State Government or by voluntary or non-
voluntary governmental organisations, for housing the children in
need of care and protection or the children in conflict with law and
once such Institution is registered, it shall imperatively follow the
procedure under the Act and children covered under the Act shall
be sent to the CCI after being produced before the CWC and it
shall act in accordance with the instructions of the CWC and the
orders/instructions of the CWC, issued from time to time.
Mr. Venekar has relied upon the report dated 29.08.2024
placed by the CWC and forwarded to the State Government, under
the signature of the Chairperson and the Members of the
Committee, giving the details of the children housed in the House
of Kathleen in reference to the Public Interest Litigation and this
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include 34 children, ranging from age 5, along with the date of
their admission in the Institution with brief case history of each
child. He would submit that there are children from outside Goa,
including Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Jharkhand, who have
been admitted, without orders of the CWC and as the Institute is
not authorised to accept children without direction of the CWC,
their continuation to the house is illegal.
9. Mr. Parag Rao representing Respondent No. 6 has relied
upon the affidavit affirmed by the Managing Trustee of
Respondent No. 6 and he would submit that the allegations
levelled by CWC are completely baseless. By highlighting the fact
that Respondent No. 6 is duly registered with the Sub-Registrar of
Bardez on 27.06.1997, he would submit that the Trust has also
been registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act,
2010 with the F.C.R.A. Wing, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India since the year 2001 and has received
renewals from time to time. According to him, the Trust is a non-
profit charity organisation working in Goa and other States of
India with the vision of “Bringing childhood to Children who never
had one” and is established with the object of catering to the
economically unprivileged children by arranging for shelter and
care, education, nutrition, health support, etc.
Mr. Rao would submit that the Trust, since its registration
from the year 1997 till 2020, has managed 7 Child Care
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Institutions, 4 Open Shelters and 2 Community Centres, and
House of Kathleen is one of them, which is established for housing
boys and girls between 2 to 6 years. The affidavit has offered the
details of all such Institutions.
Highlighting the bonafides of the Trust and the social cause
undertaken by it, Mr. Rao would submit that the Trust also run a
“Meals on Wheels” programme under the caption of “Manna
Khana Food Distribution Programme”, which arrange for packed
meals for the poor, disabled and those living on the street and
around 300 adults and children avail the benefit of the scheme, in
the State of Goa in four regions.
In addition, according to him, the Trust also runs ‘Slum
Schools’ with an object of imparting education to economically
underprivileged children as well as children of migrant labourers
and daily wage workers. In addition, it also runs a women’s shelter
in Mapusa and a men’s shelter in Verna in collaboration with Goa
State Urban Development Agency.
It is also submitted that the Trust also runs Shanti Niketan
School since the year 2000, which is affiliated to the Director of
Education, Government of Goa and impart classes from 1 st to 3rd
standards for around 80 students and it run a national open
programme in Shanti Niketan School where education upto 10 th
standard is arranged for.
Mr. Rao would submit that the achievements of the Trust
are highlighted in the affidavit filed by it.
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10. By inviting our attention to the certificate of registration of
the Society as well as the Institution, House of Kathleen, Mr. Rao
would submit that it is registered as a Child Care Institution, vide
Registration No. 52 with the Directorate of Women and Child
Development on 30.01.2018.
By inviting our attention to the Application preferred to the
Director of Women and Child Development, he would submit that
it made a request for registration of the said Home as partial CCI
to cater to the children in need of care and protection and willing
to attend the school with the purpose that the children from both
the categories mix up with each other, resulting in holistic
development of children in need of care and protection.
The Application for partial registration was preferred in the
wake of a specific provision in the Act i.e. Section 41, which permit
a voluntary or non-voluntary organisation, to either wholly or
partially, house the children in need of care and protection or
children in conflict with law, regardless whether it receives or not
any grants from the Central Government or its State Government.
According to Mr. Rao, the request letter, therefore, prayed
for partial registration of House of Kathleen wherein 25 children
in need of care and protection would be cared. However, since
this Application was not processed, the Trust, which was earlier
also registered under the Goa Children’s Act 2003 as a Children
Home, requested for its de-registration as a Child Care Institution
since it did not had the sufficient strength of students and
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presently, had only two children, forwarded by the CWC. It was
therefore informed that these children could be transferred to
another CCI run by the Trust. Simultaneously, the Trust
addressed a communication to the Collector, North Goa, seeking
permission to permit children of the age group of 0 to 6 years in
the CCI, Kathleen House, registered in the year 2006 under the
Goa Children’s Act 2003 and the Goa Children’s Home Rules
2004. A request was made to admit the children in the said age
group for catering to their educational needs.
11. Mr. Rao has thus submitted before us that there are many
children who are outside the purview of the JJ Act, but there is a
need to take care of them, which may be in form of their
protection, imparting education to them or involve them in any
vocational training so that they can stand on their own feet and
therefore, according to him, though the House of Kathleen was
registered under the Goa Children’s Act, but this registration was
surrendered when the registration under the JJ Act was obtained.
He would submit that he has made a request to the Women and
Child Welfare Department to cancel its registration under the JJ
Act so that it can function as NGO and provide care to the needy
children.
12. Mr. Rao has also relied upon the affidavits of several
parents, who have deposed that there were unable to take care of
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their children on account of variety of reasons and therefore, they
have admitted their child in the School, which has been run by El
Shaddai Trust, which was in a position to offer education and a
better world to their ward.
All these affidavits, according to Mr. Rao, are instances of
trust being reposed in Respondent No. 6 and the Institution run
by it for the welfare of the children and he is clear in his
submission that the registration of the House of Kathleen be
revoked and still it shall continue to work as an Institution of the
Trust, which is devoted for betterment of children.
Mr. Rao also make a categorical statement that in that case,
the registration of the House of Kathleen under the Goa Children’s
Act will be restored as a place of ‘Place of Care’, which offers care
as the purport of a place of care is wider than the CCI under the JJ
Act.
13. The Petition before us involve two aspects, firstly, the
alleged illegalities in the functioning of the House of Kathleen, an
Institution run by Respondent No. 6 and also another aspect,
whether the projection of the children on ‘Facebook’ or ‘Twitter’ or
‘Instagram’ or other social medias for soliciting donations is
violation of the provisions of the JJ Act.
In this connection, it is necessary to refer to Section 74 of
the Act, which prohibits disclosure of identity of children through
any medium like newspaper, magazine, news-sheet or audio-visual
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media or other forms of communication regarding any inquiry or
investigation or judicial procedure, which may lead to the
identification of a child in conflict with law or a child in need of
care and protection or a child victim or witness of a crime,
involved in such matters. Any such reporting would amount to an
offence, which is punishable as prescribed in sub-section (3)
thereof.
Responding to the said allegation, Respondent No. 6 has
filed an affidavit and it is not denied that the photographs/
clippings of the children are posted on social media for soliciting
support for helpless children, however, it is specifically stated that
the idea of posting videos was inspired by the social media
campaigns of renowned and award winning NGOs in India, such
as, Akshaya Patra Foundation, Child Rights and You (CRY), Smile
Foundation, Feeding India etc. In addition, it is also stated that
similar campaigns are promoted by various international
organisations like UNICEF, UNESCO, NHRC, Save the Children
etc. on their respective social media domains.
14. Along with the affidavit, a pen drive with videos of social
media campaign was handed over to us and we permitted it to be
played before us on the screen in the Court and on viewing the
same, we are of the opinion that the children in the said
videos/small clips in no way are projected in a deplorable
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condition as indicated by the National Commission for Protection
of Child Rights (NCPCR) in its guidelines dated 02.12.2022.
The aforesaid guidelines refrain use of any pictures, videos
or any material which depict vulnerable children in deplorable
conditions for the purpose of fund raising, and the object
underlying is very clear that it would amount to projecting the
children in a wrong way.
15. We have viewed four videos contained in the pen drive and
in none of the videos, we have noted violation of the guidelines
issued by the NCPCR and rather, we have noted the smiling faces
of the children, who are being benefited through various schemes
run by Respondent No. 6 and in any case, this projection of
children does not fall within the purview of Section 74, and hence,
we must reject the objection raised by the CWC that the children
are being used for soliciting donations, moreso, since the videos
do not amount to disclosing the children’s identity, which is
prohibited only in the situation of pendency of inquiry or
investigation or judicial proceedings revolving the said child, we
fail to show any interference on that count.
16. As far as the second part of the objection is concerned that
the children are admitted in the Institute, House of Kathleen
without the order of the CWC, we put a specific query to Mr.
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Vernekar representing the CWC about the interpretation of
Section 41 of the JJ Act, which is the provision for registration of
the CCI, as to whether it is permissible for an NGO also to be a CCI
and we attempted to seek an answer to our query by referring to
the provisions of the JJ Act and by appreciating the arguments in
that regard.
The JJ Act 2015 deal with a ‘Child’, as a person who has not
completed 18 years of age. The Act caters to two types of children;
a child in need of care and protection and a child in conflict with
the law.
The Act has set out the distinct mechanism to be adopted in
dealing with these two categories of children; Chapter IV
prescribing the procedure in relation to children in conflict with
law and Chapter VI stipulating the procedure in relation to
children in need of care and protection.
Chapter V which has more significant role to play and is a
common thread between the two categories, provide for
constitution of the Child Welfare Committee under Section 27,
which has authority to dispose of cases of care, protection,
treatment, development and rehabilitation of children in need of
care and protection and to provide for their basic need and
protection.
Section 30 of the Act set out the functions and
responsibilities of the Committee and it include taking cognizance
of and receiving the children produced before it and after
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conducting an inquiry on all issues relating to it and affecting the
safety and well being of the children under the Act, directing the
Child Welfare Officers or the District Child Protection Unit or non-
governmental organisations to conduct social investigation and
submit a report before the Committee and declare them fit
persons for care of children in need of care and protection.
17. The Act contemplate several such Institutes, which shall
provide care and protection to the children and has assigned a
definite meaning to the term “Child Care Institution” in Section
2(21) of the Act, which reads thus:
“(21) ‘Child Care Institution’ means children home,
open shelter, observation home, special home, place of
safety, specialised Adoption Agency and a fit facility
recognised under this Act for providing care and
protection to children, who are in need of such
services.”
18. Since the major focus of the Juvenile Justice (Care and
Protection of Children) Act, 2015 is on rehabilitation and social
integration of the child under the Act, which has to be based on
the individual care plan of the child, preferably through family
based care such as restoration to family or guardian with or
without supervision or sponsorship, or adoption or foster care, the
restoration and protection of the child is highlighted to be the
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object of any children’s home, specialized adoption agency or open
shelter.
It is in tune with the said object and to operate as Child Care
Institution, Section 41 mandates registration of such Institution,
and it set out the procedure for conferring registration along with
the power to cancel or withhold the registration, which must aim
to provide rehabilitation and reintegration services.
It is relevant to take note that the provision in the form of
sub-section (1) of Section 41, which reads thus:
“41. Registration of child care institution – (1)
Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law
for the time being in force, all institutions, whether run
by a State Government or by voluntary or non-
governmental organisations, which are meant, either
wholly or partially, for housing children in need of
care and protection or children in conflict with law,
shall, be registered under this Act in such manner as
may be prescribed, regardless of whether they are
receiving grants from the Central Government or, as
the case may be, the State Government or not.
Provided that the institutions having valid
registration under the Juvenile Justice (Care and
Protection of Children) Act, 2000 (56 of 2000) on the
date of commencement of this Act shall be deemed to
have been registered under this Act.”
19. The aforesaid provision assist us in answering our query, as
to whether it is permissible for any voluntary or non-voluntary
organisation to obtain a part registration as CCI and from reading
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of the aforesaid provision, it is evident to us that all Institutions,
whether run by the State or by voluntary or non-voluntary
organisations, which are made either wholly or partly for housing
the children in need and protection under the JJ Act, belonging to
both categories, require registration of the Act.
It could be discerned from the provision that an NGO which
is otherwise taking care of the children situated in different
circumstances, but outside the purview of the JJ Act, seek
registration under Section 41, so that it can also cater to the
children within the scope of the JJ Act, we do not see any difficulty
in doing so.
With the necessary infrastructure, which the Institute has
garnered for taking care of the children, who are either destitute or
whose parents on account of some inability being expressed are
unable to take care of their children, and these children not
necessarily falling within the purview of the JJ Act 2015, can also
be admitted to such an Institute.
A perusal of the report furnished by CWC which has offered
the details of the children housed in the House of Kathleen itself
would reveal to us that apart from the children in need of care and
protection, there may be many children, with different situations,
who need care and this could be seen from the said report as we
have noted the history of the children who are housed in House of
Kathleen and a few of them are the following children:-
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(a) Abandoned by the parents, admitted by
grandmother who lives and begs on the street.
(b) The father is alcoholic and the mother lives in a
rented place. The child was referred by cousin who
studied in El Shaddai.
(c) The family belongs to an economically weaker
section.
(d) Father is unemployed and mother is finding it
hard to make ends meet.
(e) Parents are separated and none is ready to take
care of the child.
(f) The biological father has abandoned the child, the
mother has re-married and the step father is not ready
to take responsibility.
(g) Father is alcoholic, mother is in financial difficulty
and is unable to take care of the child and admitted the
child to CCI for better care and education.
(h) Admitted by mother-single parent working on a
petrol pump.
20. Amongst the many of circumstances which would warrant
admission of the child in the CCI, and in this case, House of
Kathleen and all these children fall outside the purview of the JJ
Act, but deserve to be taken care.
Child Welfare Committee is under the wrong impression
that the JJ Act is the only statute which offer care for the children
in need of care and protection.
Article 39 of the Constitution of India cast a duty on the
State to direct its policy towards securing that children are given
opportunities and facilities to develop in a healthy manner and in
conditions of freedom and dignity, and that childhood and youth
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are protected against exploitation and against moral and material
abandonment.
This duty is not only discharged by taking care of the two
classes of children as provided under the JJ Act, but there are
children who are below 18 years, who are susceptible of
exploitation or because they are not being taken care of by their
own parents are susceptible of exploitation and if the NGO like
Respondent No. 6, offer some solace to such parents and such
children, we see no difficulty as to why CWC shall come in way of
such an Institution, which is ready to offer such care.
In any case, we have noted that El Shaddai being run by
Respondent No. 6 was earlier registered under the Goa Children’s
Act 2003, but subsequently, transformed its registration under the
JJ Act and it has pertinently made a request to the Women and
Child Development Department to recall its registration under the
JJ Act and also requested for permitting the two children to be
transferred to another CCI, but this Application is not decided.
Mr. Rao has made it clear to us that Respondent No. 6 is
devoted to the task of catering to the welfare of children, not
necessarily only those who are covered by JJ Act, but also,
‘Children’ as a class who are vulnerable on account of variety of
reasons and circumstances in which they find themselves and as
by way of illustration, we have referred to some of such reasons,
we expect the Women and Child Development Department to take
a decision on the request letter of Respondent No. 6 dated
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07.10.2023 within a period of four weeks and cancel its
registration as a Child Care Institute under the Juvenile Justice
(Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
21. We must note that despite the registration being cancelled
as CCI, in the wake of the impressive work of Respondent No. 6,
which is highlighted before us through relevant excerpts from the
children, who are benefited out of its charity offered, we do not
want that Respondent No. 6 shall be tied up only with CWC and
cater to the children in need of care and protection under the Act
as the expanse of the activities of Respondent No. 6 is sufficiently
wide and it can still operate as a Society/Organisation as it has
already obtained registration under the Societies Registration Act
and also under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010.
Since it is a non-profit charity organisation with several CCI as
well as community centres under its aegis and it implements
various schemes for the welfare of the children of young age, we
find it unfortunate that it faced an accusation at the hands of CWC
as CWC knocked the doors of this Court on the two aspects
highlighted in its letter dated 13.08.2021.
In any case, since we have already taken cognizance of the
said letter and after detail analysis to the aforesaid effect, we
neither find that any illegality is being undertaken in the Institute,
House of Kathleen run by Respondent No. 6 nor do we find that
the children of this Institute are being exploited for soliciting
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donations, we close the proceedings initiated by us suo motu as we
do not find any reasons to take it ahead.
Suo Motu Public Interest Litigation is disposed of.
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