Who should take care of special children after they turn 18: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday noticed legislative silence on who should take care of children with special needs after they become 18-year-olds - a time triggered event that disentitles them from residing in state-run childcare homes and sought the Union government's response to a PIL seeking life-long governmental care for this category of persons.Appearing for petitioner and veteran journalist K S R Menon, advocate Abir Phukan told a bench of CJI D Y Chandrachud, Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra that though the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
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