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Human rights
1. A
Presentation
on
Human Rights
A case on child labour
Exploitation of child labourers in Tonk: Rajasthan
(Case No. 817/20/2001-2002)
Presented By-
Kiran Shimpi
Man Mohan Sharma
Lalit Lalwani
JDC Bytco IMSR, Nashik
2. Background of the case
• Exploitation of child labourers in Tonk: Rajasthan
(Case No. 817/20/2001-2002)
• The case belongs to a real life story and has been taken
from national human rights commission’s website
• In year 2001, a carpet manufacturing unit of Tonk,
Rajasthan was operated by an employer named as Shri
Babu Lal Baswal who repeatedly had been using
children as labours.
• Shri mahavir Prasad happens to be a contractor who
worked with the said unit whose wages were not paid
for last three months.
3. Gist of the case
• Shri Mahavir Prasad filed a complaint to HRC alleging Shri Babu Lal Baswal had
employed child labourers
20 July
2001
• Notice being issued to the District Collector, Tonk, Rajasthan
• Assistant Labour Commissioner inspected the site and filed a report
• A claim petition had been filed in the competent court on 25 July 2001
• 11 cases of child labour had been instituted in the competent court against the
offending employer
25 JULY
2001
• the Commission directed the District Magistrate, Tonk, Rajasthan to prepare a list of
the child labourers who were employed
• to recover a sum of Rs.20,000/- per child from the offending employer
• to deposit that sum in a fund to be known as the Child Labour Rehabilitation &
Welfare Fund.
2 May
2002
• The State Government directed to contribute Rs.5,000/- per child to the said fund.May
2002
6. COMPENSATION/ PUNISHMENT
SUM OF Rs.20,000
to be recovered for
children
Sum of Rs. 5,000
added to the above
fund by state govt
Child rehabilitation
& welfare
COMPENSATION
Contravention of
provision of section
3 of the child labour
act 1986
Liable to pay the
wages
imprisonment
PUNISHMENT
