Plea filed in Kerala HC against circumcision of Muslim children, making it non-bailable offence
Ernakulam: A plea in Kerala High Court has been filed seeking its intervention in the practice of circumcision in young Muslim boys.
The plea was filed by Non Religious Association, a group of people who left their religion, a report published in The News Minute stated.
In its plea, the association has called the practice a human rights violation against young children. It also added that the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights adopted by the General Assembly of UN has stated that, “parties shall take all effective and appropriate measures with a view of abolishing traditional practices prejudicial to the health of children. All parties shall ensure that no child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family home, or correspondence nor to unlawful attack on his or her reputation.
The petition said that circumcision is forced on children and it is not their choice and it's a clear violation of international treaties. The petition called the act, “cruel, inhuman and barbarous”, stating that a few infants have died due to this.
The petition has urged the court to declare non-therapeutic circumcision illegal, make it a non-bailable offence, and bring a legislative law against it. It noted that a child had died in Vadanapally in Kerala in May 2018 after circumcision.
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Patna-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Lucknow due to bad weather
Lucknow (PTI): Adverse weather forced an IndiGo Kolkata-Patna flight to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Friday, airport sources said.
According to airport officials, weather conditions in Patna deteriorated suddenly on Friday afternoon, affecting flight operations.
IndiGo flight 6E 6917 from Kolkata, which was scheduled to land in Patna at 3.50 pm, could not land due to bad weather and kept circling in the air after failing to get clearance from air traffic control, they said.
The flight was later diverted to Lucknow and landed safely at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at around 5.15 pm. There were 180 passengers and six crew members on board, officials said.
The aircraft was later allowed to depart for Patna after weather conditions improved.
