It is impossible to write on children’s issues without citing Sheela Barse and all her PILs. Her work on women prisoners in the early 1980s could be considered path-breaking.

'It was friendship, ma’am,' is how many children will describe what made them step into the world of crime.

Children are not a homogeneous category. They too are divided by caste, religion, gender, geographical differences, age or (dis)ability. It is critical to ensure that there is no child left behind.

The top court issued notices in the matter of the death of an infant at Shaheen Bagh, but has not taken cognizance of rights of children being violated by police.