Wednesday, February 22, 2012

SAMPLE DOCUMENTS WHEN A PATIENT IS REFERRED BY GOVT HOSPITAL TO AN IDENTIFIED PVT HOSPITAL FOR FREE TREATMENT







It is a set of sample documents required to be sent along with the patient by any government hospital to an identified private hospital for totally free treatment under EWS category. In this case, a patient has been sent by AIIMS to Saroj Hospital for dialysis purpose awaiting kidney transplant in AIIMS.

Monday, February 20, 2012

GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN RASHTRIYA INDIAN MILITARY COLLEGE- SOCIAL JURIST WRITES TO DEFENCE SECRETARY



SOCIAL JURIST
A CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP

To
The Secretary,
Ministry of Defence,
Government of India,
South Block,
New Delhi-110001
20.02.2012

Sub: GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN ADMISSION IN CLASS VIII IN RASHTRIYA INDIAN MILITARY COLLEGE

Dear Sir,

We have come across your press release dated 20 January 2012 for next Rashtriya Indian Military College admission test in June 2012 for admission in Class VIII. It has been stated in the press release that the Rashtriya Indian Military College is an Inter-services Institution and a Category ‘A’ establishment of the Ministry of Defence. The College was established in 1922 with the primary aim of preparing the boys for entry into Defence Services and to provide quality all round education to young boys.

According to the prescribed admission procedure, applications have been invited from boys for admission to the Rashtriya Military College (RIMC), Dehradun (UK) for Jan 2013 Term which will be conducted at selected centres on 01 (Fri) and 02 (Sat) June 2012. In regard to entry age, it is stated that candidates appearing for the above test should not be less than 11 ½ years in age but should not have attained the age of 13 years as on 01 Jan 2013, i.e., they should have been born not earlier than 02 Jan 2000 and not later than 01 Jul 2001. In regard to educational qualifications, it is stated that candidates should either be studying in Class VII or passed Class VII from any recognized school at the time of admission to RIMC, i.e. on 01 Jan 2013.
It is submitted that there is large number of girl students who are interested in admission in RIMC, Dehradun and also possess all the requisite educational and other qualifications. However, they cannot even apply as the college is meant exclusively for the boys, thereby leaving the girls ineligible. There is no other similar college meant for the girls.

It is submitted that your Admission Policy which deny equality to the girls in the matter of admission in Class VIII in your RIMC College, Dehradun in Jan 2013 Term is illegal, unconstitutional, arbitrary, discriminatory, violative of Articles 14, 15, 21, 21-A and 38 of the Constitution of India read with the provisions of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. The said admission policy is based on gender discrimination without any valid reason.

You are, therefore, requested to immediately modify your Admission Policy so to enable girl students to apply for admission in Class VIII in RIMC College, Dehradun in Jan 2013 Term.

With regards,

Ashok Agarwal, Advocate
Advisor, Social Jurist
M-09811101923

Sunday, February 19, 2012

DELHI POOR DEPRIVED OF ALL BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS







Social Jurist Team led by Advocate Ashok Agarwal visited Dharampura Jhuggie Basti of Delhi on Sunday 19.02.2012 morning and met people door to door. Thousands of families living here are really living in hell. Government may claim Delhi as a world class city but reality is otherwise. 2/3rd of the Delhi population is underprivileged or have-nots. These people are deprived of all the basic human rights.

MISMATCH BETWEEN DESK'S SIZE & KID'S SIZE




It is a tented classroom of Govt Boys Sarvodaya School, Nangal Thakral, Bawana area of Delhi in which big size desks have been provided for the kids of class I to V. Class I students appearing in the picture are standing in the desk not by their choice but by compulsion as they cannot sit on these desks and study. This school was visited by Shri Ashok Agarwal, Advocate on Saturday 18.02.2012.

IS DISPLAY OF CASTE BASED CHART IN GOVT SCHOOL PRINCIPAL'S ROOM JUSTIFIED?





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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Social Jurist writes to Delhi Chief Minister to Bring ‘ORPHAN CHILD’ as child belonging to disadvantaged group within RTE Act, 2009

SOCIAL JURIST
A Civil Rights Group

To
Hon’ble Smt. Sheila Dikshit,
Chief Minister of Delhi,
Secretariat, I.P.Estate,
New Delhi-110001
14.01.2012

Sub: Request to forthwith bring ‘ORPHAN CHILDREN” AS CHILDREN BELONGING TO DISADVANTAGED
GROUP IN SECTION 2 (d) OF RTE Act, 2009

My Dear Chief Minister,

You are well aware of the fact that there are thousands of orphan children in our national capital city of Delhi who are sheltered in various government and non-government run homes. No body can dispute that these children are the most ‘disadvantaged children’ need all round attention from both the State and the Society. The Directorate of Education, Government of NCT of Delhi in its Notification dated 07.01.2011 specified ‘child with special needs and suffering from disabilities as defined in Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995’ as child belonging to Disadvantaged Group with in the meaning of Section 2 (d) of the RTE Act, 2009. However, the Orphan Children were left out, may be, due to oversight.

It is submitted that the Directorate of Education ought to have also specified by Notification ‘Orphan child’ as child belonging to Disadvantaged Group within the meaning of Section 2 (d) of the RTE Act, 2009 so that such child could also get benefit of admission and free education in unaided private school in 25% reserved category for the children belonging to DG/EWS. In the existing provisions of RTE Act, 2009 in regard to Delhi, an orphan child neither falls in ‘child belonging to disadvantaged group’ nor in ‘child belonging to economically weaker section’. It is really not only unfortunate but also hit by the provisions of Article 14 (right to equality), Article 21 (right to life with dignity), Article 21-A (right to education) and Article 38 (right to social justice) of the Constitution of India read with the provisions of RTE Act, 2009. Who can be more disadvantaged than that of an Orphan Child?

It is brought to your notice that Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India by Notification dated 15.07.2011 published in the Gazette of India dated 29.07.2011 has amongst others specified ‘Orphan Children’ as children belonging to disadvantaged group in terms of Section 2 (d) of the RTE Act, 2009 for Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

In order to ensure that ‘Orphan children” should take benefit of the RTE Act, 2009 in the academic year 2012-13, the Government of NCT of Delhi have to promptly bring by Notification ‘Orphan Child’ as child belonging to Disadvantaged Group within the meaning of Section 2 (d) of the RTE Act, 2009.

It is, therefore, requested that you may please intervene in this matter immediately and ensure that the Directorate of Delhi, Government of NCT of Delhi forthwith specify by Notification ‘Orphan Child’ as child belonging to Disadvantaged Group within the meaning of Section 2 (d) of the RTE Act, 2009.

With regards,

Ashok Agarwal, Advocate
Advisor, Social Jurist,
M-09811101923
14.01.2012

Monday, January 2, 2012

CLASS I STUDENT WITHOUT TEACHER FOR FULL ONE YEAR IN AIDED SCHOOL– Delhi HC SEEKS REPLY FROM DELHI GOVT

Delhi High Court (Siddharth Mridul J) has today sought reply from the Directorate of Education, Govt of Delhi by 20.01.2012 on a petition filed by parents through Advocate Ashok Agarwal seeking directions against the DOE to ensure immediate filling up of as many as 14 posts of teaching staff and one post of non-teaching staff in a Government Aid School, namely, Air Force Senior Secondary School, Palam. The petition states that Sneha, student of Class I is without a teacher for the last full one year. The petition also states that in the absence of adequate teaching staff; nearly 1900 students are facing difficulty in their education.

“RTE Act, 2009 has come into force from 01.04.2010 and it requires that there has to be proper pupil-teacher ratio in place within 6 months of coming into force of the Act, but till date, the schools sans large number of teachers which violates Articles 14, 15, 21, 21-A and 38 of the Constitution of India and also Section 25 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009”, argued Ashok Agarwal.

Next date of hearing is fixed for 20.01.2012.

Ashok Agarwal, Advocate
02.01.2012
M-09811101923