The Supreme Court of India has issued a circular dated 09.09.2016 revising the fees required to be paid for using the crèche facilities. This circular has come after the Supreme Court vide order dated 05.09.2016 in W.P.(Civil) No. 509/2015 titled as Anindita Pujari v. Supreme Court of India (Through Secretary General) & Another had asked the Secretary General of the Supreme Court to consider the feasibility of providing the crèche facilities free of cost
The crèche is presently in operation at Chamber Nos. 8 & 9, New Lawyers Chamber Building at Bhagwan Das Road, New Delhi.
Indira Jaising, Senior Advocate and Former Additional Solicitor General of India had tweeted on 5th September 2016 that,
Good news women lawyers Supreme Court directed the Secretary General to consider free crèche facilities and not pay by use as at present
— indira jaising (@IJaising) September 5, 2016
Is the Supreme Court of India we don't pay for the use of bar room, the canteen(we pay for food) the toilets, they why for the crèche ?
— indira jaising (@IJaising) September 5, 2016
A crèche is every court is an essential service to be provided free of cost by the institution for lawyers, their staff and all employees
— indira jaising (@IJaising) September 5, 2016
The revised rates are of using the crèche are:
Amount
Registration Fee Rs. 200/- per child
Admission Fee Rs. 2000/- (instead of Rs. 6000/-)
Security Deposit Nil (instead of Rs. 5000/-)
Care fee per month(in advance) Rs. 2500/- (instead of Rs. 5000/-)
The charges per child per day have also been reduced from Rs. 500 to Rs. 250.
The crèche will be open for children of Members of Supreme Court Bar Association, Supreme Court Advocates-an-Record Association and female Registered Clerks engaged by the Advocates-on-Record/Senior Advocates and Officers and employees of the Registry.
Trained staff is looking after the children in the Creche equipped with child friendly furniture, utensils, toys and play materials and first aid kit. The Creche functions from 8.30 A.M. to 6.30· P.M.on all working days of the Registry from Mondays to Fridays and from 8.30 A.M. to 2.00 P.M.on all working Saturdays.
There can be a total of 10 children in the crèche, out of which 5 children would be of Members of Supreme Court Bar Association, Supreme Court Advocates-an-Record Association and female Registered Clerks engaged by the Advocates-on-Record/Senior Advocates and the other 5 children would be of the Supreme Court Staff. The age group for the children in the crèche is from 6 months to 2 years of age. In case required number of children in the age group of 6 months to 2 years are not available, children of higher age group upto 3 years may be considered for the Creche facility.
As reported by Tilak Marg on 9th January, Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu had ordered for a crèche to be built in the Supreme Court.
Also read : Creche opening postponed in Supreme Court due to a petition filed citing deficiencies
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