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Articles for Bonded Labourers

Four minors among 9 ‘bonded labourers’ rescued from Kapurthala farm
1 month ago

Four minors among 9 ‘bonded labourers’ rescued from Kapurthala farm

Hindustan Times  

Nine migrants, including four minors, who were forced to work as “bonded labourers” at a potato farm in Kapurthala’s Sidhwan Dona village were rescued on Friday. The action came after two other labourers managed to escape from the farm and reached Meghpur village in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district, where they informed local authorities about the apathetic working conditions. After the Sitamarhi …

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Will take action, rescue child labourers: Delhi govt tells HC
5 months ago

Will take action, rescue child labourers: Delhi govt tells HC

Hindustan Times  

The Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government told the Delhi high court that it will take action to rescue minors trafficked from different parts of the country to the Capital and being forced to work as bonded labourers upon getting “actionable information”. The petitioner in the case, Rohtas, who claimed to support the work of an NGO, said that he has …

Delhi Action Court Work Rescue Child Bonded Labourers
Bihar holidays row: Education dept treating gov as ‘bonded labourers', claims Giriraj Singh
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Bihar holidays row: Education dept treating gov as ‘bonded labourers', claims Giriraj Singh

Deccan Chronicle  

Patna, Mar 26 Senior BJP leader and Union minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday charged the education department of Bihar with “terrorising” government teachers and treating them as “bonded labourers” by depriving them of holidays during Holi festivities. Singh, who is seeking re-election from Begusarai Lok Sabha seat, released a strongly worded statement a day after the department warned that those …

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‘Even Death Would Appear As An Alluring Option’: Orissa HC Upholds Conviction Of 6 Contractors For Abducting Labourers, Chopping Their Hands
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Even Death Would Appear As An Alluring Option’: Orissa HC Upholds Conviction Of 6 Contractors For Abducting Labourers, Chopping Their Hands

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has upheld the order of conviction handed down to six contractors for abducting two workers, forcing them to work for a number of days as bonded labourers and finally chopping their palms from the wrists. While denying relief to the accused-appellants, the Division Bench of Justices Bibhu Prasad Routray and Chittaranjan Dash held, “In the present, …

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Supreme Court judge remarks on bonded labour unsavoury and out of place
2 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court judge remarks on bonded labour unsavoury and out of place

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 22, 2022 10:30 IST Justice Hemant Gupta of the Supreme Court has been in the news for the wrong reasons. Traffic in human beings and begar and other similar forms of forced labour are prohibited, and any contravention of this provision shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law.” Before making such offensive remarks, the judge, …

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Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking To Enforce Fundamental Rights Of Persons Trafficked Into Bonded Labour
2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking To Enforce Fundamental Rights Of Persons Trafficked Into Bonded Labour

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India on Monday sought the response of the Central and the State governments in a plea seeking to enforce the fundamental rights of persons trafficked into bonded labour. The Central and state governments' failure to ensure the effective functioning of vigilance committees, as required under the Bonded Labour Abolition Act, 1976 as well as serious lapses …

Labour Vigilance State Central District Act Rti
NHRC issues more advisories on bonded labourers, migrant workers amid COVID-19 second wave
3 years, 6 months ago

NHRC issues more advisories on bonded labourers, migrant workers amid COVID-19 second wave

India TV News  

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Human Rights Commission has issued more advisories to various ministries and states on the adverse impact faced by labourers and migrant informal sector workers, officials said on Tuesday. "The NHRC, keeping in view the adverse effects of the pandemic on different sections of society, has issued three more advisories to the Centre, …

Health Mental Health Pandemic Workers Commission Covid Pti
Look Into Allegations of Bonded Labourers in Border Villages, Submit Report: MHA To Punjab
3 years, 8 months ago

Look Into Allegations of Bonded Labourers in Border Villages, Submit Report: MHA To Punjab

News 18  

The Union home ministry has asked the Punjab government to look into allegations that farm workers from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh were being trafficked to the state and forced to work as bonded labourers. The home ministry’s letter, dated March 17, says the Border Security Force has highlighted trafficking, narcotics abuse and bonded labour in the state, asking the chief …

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Not Allowed to Visit Hospital, Confined and Beaten, Bonded Labourers Lose 8-Year-Old Son in MP's Guna
4 years, 2 months ago

Not Allowed to Visit Hospital, Confined and Beaten, Bonded Labourers Lose 8-Year-Old Son in MP's Guna

News 18  

Eight-year-old Deshraj lost his life after his parents were physically barred from taking him to the hospital by upper caste men who had trapped the family into bonded labour since the last five years for mere Rs 25,000 in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna. In 2016, then Union labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya had also committed to rescuing 1.84 bonded labourers by 2030. …

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8-yr-old Dies After Bonded Labourer Parents Not Allowed to Visit Hospital, Confined & Beaten in MP
4 years, 2 months ago

8-yr-old Dies After Bonded Labourer Parents Not Allowed to Visit Hospital, Confined & Beaten in MP

News 18  

An eight-year-old boy named Deshraj lost his life after his parents were physically barred from taking him to the hospital for treatment allegedly by some upper-caste men who had trapped the family into bonded labour since the last five years for merely Rs 25,000 in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district. The family is now waiting for justice, unpaid wages and documentation, …

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