Bengaluru: A model, child-friendly court is likely to begin functioning this May or June to exclusively hear cases involving children.
Among the features of the court, which will initially function out of the city civil court complex in Bengaluru, will be a single visibility curtain that will ensure that the child does not get to see the accused. It will also have a sprinkling of play equipment to help relieve stress.
Karnataka High Court Judge and Chairman of the Juvenile Justice Committee Justice Ashok B. Hinchigeri said the model court will later be moved to a permanent location in the city.
“It will be established on one or two acres of land and the search is on for it,” he said, participating in an orientation programme organised for special judges under the POCSO Act and principal magistrates under the JJ Act here on Saturday.
The programme was jointly organised by the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority, Juvenile Justice Committee, Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Karnataka State Integrated Child Protection Society, UNICEF and Bachpan Bachao Andolan.
