Chief Justice AS Oka Inaugurates New Child Care Centre In Bengaluru City Civil Court Complex
Karnataka High Court' Chief Justice Abhay S. Oka on Friday inaugurated the creche (Child Care Centre) facility inside the City Civil Court Complex in Bengaluru for the benefit of children of advocates and court staff. Justice B V Nagarathna was the chief guest at the inaugural function. It was Justice Nagarathna who, as the administrative judge of City Civil court Bangalore, had...
Karnataka High Court' Chief Justice Abhay S. Oka on Friday inaugurated the creche (Child Care Centre) facility inside the City Civil Court Complex in Bengaluru for the benefit of children of advocates and court staff.
Justice B V Nagarathna was the chief guest at the inaugural function.
It was Justice Nagarathna who, as the administrative judge of City Civil court Bangalore, had approved the establishment of a creche in the court complex. This facility is a first of its kind in a court complex in the state.
After the inauguration, Justice Nagarathna said,
"This is unique programme which is a very important landmark in our judicial history in Karnataka, for having this center established for the first time in our court. Now my request is that in every district headquarters the Principal District Judges must take the initiative to replicate such a center in whatever size that is available, so that we make it a model court in all sense of the term and we take care of gender justice, interest of the child etc.
Advocates Association of Bengaluru President, A P Ranganatha also said "The facility can house a total of 35 children at a time, and two court employees will be manning it. The facility is free of charge for the court employees and advocates children, upto the age of 8 years."
Similar creche facilities are available at the Supreme Court, Bombay High Court and Calcutta High Court.