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Shivamogga
Principal District and Sessions Judge Manjunath G.A. has expressed interest implicit the continued beingness of the inhumane bonded labour system, adjacent decades aft the instrumentality to abolish it was passed.
Speaking aft inaugurating a store to people Bonded Labour Abolition Day successful Shivamogga connected Tuesday, Mr. Manjunath stated that the bonded labour strategy is simply a achy world and a shame connected civilised society. The instrumentality to abolish the signifier was passed successful 1976; however, it continues successful galore places. “There are instances that amusement the prevalence of the strategy successful Bengaluru, Mysuru, Belagavi, Bidar, and different locations. More than 8,800 cases related to the signifier are pending successful courts,” helium said.
Making workers toil for agelong hours without just wages is an inhumane act. This signifier has continued owed to poverty, illiteracy, indebtedness traps, and a deficiency of consciousness among people, helium pointed out. He besides suggested that the officers enactment honestly to enactment an extremity to this system.
The District Legal Services Authority member-secretary, M.S. Santhosh, said, “It is encouraging that bonded-labour-related cases person not been reported successful Shivamogga implicit the past decade.” He added that though the instrumentality to abolish the strategy was passed 50 years ago, it is depressing that it continues successful galore parts of the country.
S. Ramesh Kumar, Additional SP, Additional DC Abhishek V. and others were contiguous astatine the programme.
