Lok Sabha Question No. 4304 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-13
Subject: Complaints of Children against Mothers
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava, Chhatar Singh Darbar, Virendra  Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4304 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2019

## COMPLAINTS OF CHILDREN AGAINST MOTHERS

## †4304.  SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

SHRI CHHATAR SINGH DARBAR:

DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  any  incidents  have  come  to  light  during  the  last  five  years  in  which some women have tortured their own children physically and mentally and tried to implicate them in criminal cases by lodging false complaints against them in police and some police personnels were also involved in these cases;
- (b) if  so,  the  number  of  such  incidents  reported  to  the  Government  since  2015, State-wise and district-wise especially in Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) whether there is any system for taking action against such criminal women and protecting innocent children;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  number  of  complaints  received  by  the Government  of  Uttar  Pradesh  in  this  regard,  district-wise  during  the  last  five years; and
- (e) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  protect  such  children  who  are  half deranged and are victims of frequent intimidation and torture  at  the  hands of their own mother in the said case?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (e) No  specific  incidents  have  come  to  the  notice  of  Ministry.  However, Section 2(14) (vi) and (iii) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015  (JJ  Act),  defines  children  in  need  of  care  and  protection  (CNCP)  including  the children who resides with a person (whether a guardian of the child or not) and such person:-

- (a) has injured, exploited, abused or neglected the child or has violated any other law for the time being in force meant for the protection of child; or
- (b) has threatened to kill, injure, exploit or abuse the child and there is a reasonable likelihood of the threat being carried out; or
- (c)  has killed, abused, neglected or exploited some other child or children and there is a reasonable likelihood of the child in question being killed, abused, exploited or neglected by that person.

The Act  provides  for  protection  of  children  in  need  of  care  and  protection  and those  in  conflict  with  law  by  catering  to  their  basic  needs  through  care,  protection, development  and  social  re-integration.  It  puts  into  place  standards  of  care  and protection  to  secure  the  best  interest  of  the  child.    Under  Section  75  of  the  JJ  Act, whoever,  having  the  actual  charge  of,  or  control  over  a  child,  assaults,  abandons, abuses,  exposes  or  wilfully  neglects  the  child  or  causes  or  procures  the  child  to  be assaulted, abandoned, abused, exposed or neglected in a manner likely to cause such child unnecessary mental or physical suffering, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine of one lakh rupees or with both. The primary responsibility of execution of the Act lies with the States/UTs. The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  implementing  a  centrally sponsored  scheme  i.e.  'Child  Protection  Services'  (CPS)  (erstwhile  Integrated  Child Protection Scheme)  for providing financial assistance  to  State  Governments/UT Administrations, with the primary objective of care and protection of children in distress conditions through institutional and non-institutional care. The primary responsibility of implementation  of  the  Scheme  lies  with  the  State/UTs.  It  also  aims  at reduction  of vulnerabilities to situation  and  actions that lead to  abuse,  neglect, exploitation, abandonment and separation of children from parents.

In  order  to  reach  out  to  all  the  children  in  difficult  circumstances,  the  scheme provides support for an emergency outreach service, for children in distress through a dedicated toll free number i.e., 1098 which is being accessed by childline for children in crisis or by adults on their behalf.

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