DCPCR flags concern over non-issuance of birth certificate to juveniles

New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) chairman Anurag Kundu has written to the commissioners of the three civic bodies flagging concern over non-issuance of birth certificates to

juveniles.

The Delhi government had issued a notification in 2015 authorising principal magistrates of Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) and the child welfare committees (CWCs) to issue "delayed birth certificates" to juveniles who missed out on it due to brush with the law or other conflicts.

"The non-implementation of Government's Notification is a matter of serious concern and is violative of the statutory rights of the children in difficult situations. The issue deserves your intervention," the DCPCR wrote in

its order.