Name: Shiv Dheeraj Kaushik
Country: India

Year: 2017
Volume: Volume-2, Issue-1 (January-June)
Page Number: 73-84

Internationally as well as nationally, the child has been subjected to special laws and legal protection by reason of his tender age, weak physique and immature mind and understanding. In India various Constitutional and legislative measures were undertaken. All such legislations are premised on the notion to provide for the rehabilitation and protection of the socially and economically abused and neglected children. Rights of the child were for the first time recognized in the Constitution of India and the manifestation of the same connote incorporation of several articles which provide for their literacy, livelihood, non discrimination in educational spheres, development of childhood, prohibition of employment in factories, mines and hazardous employment, compulsory and free education, etc. Article 15 (3) is premised on the notion that children require special treatment on account of their physical and mental immaturity. Article 21 provides for the protection of life and personal liberty of the people including children. The right to life has been interpreted not merely to physical existence but it includes within its ambit the right to live with human dignity. The present paper discusses the issues regarding the rights of the children.
Key Words: Constitution, Legislative measures, Children, child abuse, Rights of the child.