Evolution Of Social Audit Is Need Of The Hour: Madhya Pradesh HC Suggests 1-Hour Community Service To Counsel While Restoring A Plea

The Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court while restoring an appeal which had been earlier dismissed for non compliance of a conditional order suggested the counsel for the applicant to invest one hour of community service by visiting a Mercy Home and spending some time with differently-abled children. Responsible and Resourceful persons of the Society who are occupying important positions in the Department of Administration/Education/Health/Legal and other related fields including Professionals like Chartered Accountants/ Doctors/ Lawyers etc., to take some responsibility to visit the places where persons with disability/orphans/old age people/ victims of the crime and other destitutes are institutionalized so that they can come to know about the plight of these inmates and would be able to contribute while raising their standards of living and to create sense of well-being amongst them. The court said that another important effect of this Social Audit is that the management of these Institutions sometimes misbehave with the inmates–especially children and females; this way they would always be cautious that the "society is keeping eyes over their working". Underscoring that the evolution of Social Audit and its effective implementation is the need of hour, the court asked policy makers especially Department of Women and Child Welfare Development, Department of Social Justice and Police Department to come out with some tangible solution in this regard.