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Context: As part of an exercise to decriminalise/rationalise penalties under the provisions of the Railway Act, 1989, the Ministry of Railways has proposed to decriminalise begging on trains or railway premises.
About:
Act. Section 144(2) of the Act says, that if any person begs in any railway carriage or at a railway station, he shall be liable for punishment as provided under subsection (1), which prescribes imprisonment for a term that may extend to one year, or with fine that may extend to ₹_2,000, or with both.
beg in any railway carriage or upon any part of the Railway”.
train. Whosoever contravenes these provisions shall be punishable with fine that may extend to
₹_100, the Act says.
New Proposal:
and no further proceeding shall be taken.”
Associated Judgment:
approach to deal with the underlying causes of the problem. The State simply cannot fail to do its duty to provide a decent life to its citizens and add insult to injury by arresting, detaining and, if necessary, imprisoning persons who beg in search for essentials of bare survival.”
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