The Supreme Court today asked all states and Union Territories (UTs) to furnish details to the Centre of cases registered by them for the offence of trafficking of girls for sexual exploitation during 2014 to September 30, 2015. Expressing concern over trafficking of girls, a three judge bench headed by Justice A R Dave asked the Union Cabinet Secretary to set up a high-powered inter-ministerial committee to deal with the issue.<br/><br/>The bench, also comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph, sought a report by November 15 on the progress made in setting up of the Organised Crimes Investigating Agency (OCIA) for investigating the cases of human trafficking as such offences involve many states. <br/><br/>It asked all states and UTs to provide the data of FIRs, registered between 2014 to September 30, 2015 with regard to girl child trafficking under certain provisions of the IPC and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) within a fortnight.<br/><br/>The MHA will collate the data and will file an affidavit before November 18, the next date of hearing, the court said. Earlier, the court had asked the Centre to come out with an action plan to prevent trafficking of girls for sexual exploitation, their rescue and rehabilitation after holding discussions with all states.
News On AIR | October 13, 2015 7:08 PM
SC seeks details of cases lodged in trafficking of girls