Legal Talk

From the day we step into this world till the day we are carried to our final destination, we come across many relations – some are to betray you, some to leave us all alone, for their own sake. But there is one relation who has no boundaries, no obligations and only unconditional love for their children that is “Mother”. Mother, this is not simply a word but it is a whole universe in itself. She is the most important person in everybody’s life. She is a person who have kept awake all night with their sick toddlers in their arms, constantly uttering those compassionate words, It’s ok beta, Mama’s here or she is a person whose job start early in the morning and finished only when her children are fast asleep in the bed or she is a person whose prayers are focused just on her child. Mother is the first thought that we all have in our mind when we are not well, when we are sad, when we face the failure in life or when we reach the greatest height of success. She is the pillar of streng

The decision of International Labour Organioation (ILO) in 2002 to make June 12 every year as World Day against Child Labour ensures that the global community remains engaged and focused on abolishing child labour. ILO conventions 182 that effectively prohibits child labour, abuse and exploitation was unanimously adopted in 1999. But for India it took almost 19 years to ratify the ILO conventions that prohibit worst forms of child labour. If we talk about the new Act that is The Child and Adolescent (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016, it puts a complete prohibition on employment of children, but at the same time it allows them to be employed in family enterprises/businesses. This new Amendment Act has also introduced the concept of ‘Adolescent Labour’ for the first time. An ‘adolescent’ has been defined as a person between the ages of 14-18 years. The amendment permits employment of adolescent labour except in hazardous process or occupation. According to the Law,