The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday asked the government to give the number of cases of offences against children pending for trial in various courts in the State.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice D.H. Waghela and Justice Ram Mohan Reddy also asked the State what specific steps had been taken to trace 782 children, who remain untraceable from among the 2,523 registered cases of missing children, between January 2014 and October 2014.
The Bench was hearing a public interest litigation petition filed by the High Court’s Legal Services Committee and Justice and Care, a non-profit organisation, complaining about the increase in instances of trafficking of children and women.
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