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published Published on Apr 29, 2011   modified Modified on Apr 29, 2011
A bill drafted by the National Advisory Council to check communal violence seeks to impose greater accountability on public officials in tackling violence or discrimination against vulnerable groups.

The council, headed by Sonia Gandhi, today took up the Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill, prepared by one of its working groups.

The council has decided to put the draft bill in the public domain to invite comments, which may be considered at its next meeting on May 25.

Under the bill, any failure by the authorities to tackle violence or discrimination against the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and religious and linguistic minorities would amount to an offence. This provision will ensure accountability at the highest level, a council statement said.

The bill has tried to facilitate the prosecution of public servants who fail to discharge their duty in dealing with incidents of communal violence.

A major problem now is getting the sanction to do so from the state governments. The bill suggests that if such sanction is not granted within 30 days of application, the sanction will be deemed to have been granted.

Another provision in the bill is the constitution of a national authority, as well as state authorities, as monitoring bodies that will also redress grievances. These agencies will not supersede the law-enforcement machinery but will strengthen it and make it more accountable, the council said.

The draft bill provides several rights to the victims. These include the right to get protection, the right to appeal and the right to file a complaint with the national or state authorities if they are aggrieved at any failure of the system to protect them or secure them justice.

Under the bill, the state will have a legal duty to rescue victims and provide them relief, rehabilitation and compensation. The objective is to ensure that the victims are restored to a situation better than the one they were in before they were affected by targeted violence.

The council has also made a recommendation about domestic workers’ rights at a time the government is preparing a national policy for them. It has recommended a larger labour rights framework that includes domestic workers in its ambit.

The council has recommended that domestic workers be treated no less favourably than other wage workers.

The Telegraph, 29 April, 2011, http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110429/jsp/nation/story_13917896.jsp


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