A Commission for Protection of Child Rights would be set up in the Union Territory of Chandigarh.
Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Shivraj Patil on Tuesday accorded approval to set up Commission for Protection of Child Rights. Patil has also given his nod to appoint Prof Devi Sirohi as chairman of the Commission. A spokesperson of the UT Administration said that this Commission will study and monitor all matters r
elating to constitutional and legal rights to children; examine and review the safeguards provided by any law for the protection of child rights and recommend measures for their effective implementation in the best interest of the children; review the existing laws and suggest amendments therein, if considered necessary; look into complaints or take suo motu notice of the case involving violation of constitutional and legal rights of the children; monitor implementation of laws and programme relating to the survival, welfare and development of children and present reports to the Central Government upon the working of those safeguards.”