HYDERABAD: Keeping in view the sufferings of children, whose parents were convicted of an offence and jailed, the division bench of the High Court comprising chief justice Madan B Lokur and justice PV Sanjay Kumar on Tuesday ordered the state women and child welfare department to come out with a good scheme to help such needy children.It also asked juvenile homes and ashram centres to inform the nearest police station about details of children staying with them.Acting on a petition filed by one Rajpal Singh, who was jailed in a murder case, the court on Tuesday directed the police to trace out his elder daughter Meena who had gone missing three years ago along with her three siblings and another girl, Durga Bhavani. It further directed that Durga Bhavani be allowed to stay with her maternal aunt. All others have since returned hime. Prior to giving the order, the bench held incamera proceedings with the children and their mother Sharada who completed her conviction and was released from jail.The petitioner's mother T Lakshmi Bai had complained to the Musheerabad police on May 31, 2008 that her son and daughterinlaw Sharada were in jail and that her grandchildren _ Meena (14), Meenakshi (10), Sawan (6) and Badal (4) _ and their neighbour's daughter Durga Bhavani (9), went to Sai Baba temple in Secunderabad on May 21, 2008 and did not return home. One of the missing children, Meenakshi, returned home on Dec 17 this year. Later, police brought back the other children to Hyderabad but waited for the court's direction to proceed further.Fraudulent Transfer of LandThe High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the state government on a plea seeking a direction for declaration of Sections 34 and 35 of the Registration Act, 1908 as insufficient to prevent fraudulent transfer of lands under the AP Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 1971.The court, while dealing with a plea by one Katari Rama Rao of Visakhapatnam, granted four weeks’ time to the respondents to file their counter-affidavits.
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