New Delhi: Recently, news of children going missing were continuously coming to the fore. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central government to find out whether any nationwide gang or state-specific group is behind the incidents of missing children in different parts of the country. A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Ujjwal Bhuyan said that it is necessary to find out whether there is any definite pattern behind these incidents or whether they are random incidents. He directed the Center to compile the data from all the states and analyze it.
What argument did the Center give in the court?
Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the Centre, said that some states have provided data related to missing children and prosecution related to them, but about a dozen states have not shared their data. Bhati argued that the analysis can be done only when the central government gets the complete data. He said, “We want to know whether any nationwide gang or state-specific group is behind these incidents of missing children? Is there a specific pattern behind these incidents or are these just random incidents?”
Supreme Court gave suggestions
The Supreme Court suggested to Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati that the rescued children should be talked to, so that it can be found out who is responsible for such incidents. The bench criticized the states which have not provided the data. She said she can pass strict orders if needed. Senior advocate Aparna Bhatt said that the Central Government has taken the initiative and instructions should be issued to all the states to provide the data.
Hearing was going on on NGO’s petition
Actually, this bench of the Supreme Court was hearing a PIL filed by an NGO ‘Gudiya Swayamsevi Sansthan’, in which the continuous increase in the number of missing children in many states has been underlined. On December 9 last year, the Supreme Court had directed the Central Government to appoint a dedicated officer in the Union Home Ministry to provide six years of nationwide data on missing children and ensure effective coordination with states and Union Territories in the compilation of such data.
Supreme Court has already given instructions
Earlier, the Supreme Court had directed all states and union territories to appoint dedicated nodal officers to monitor cases of missing children and ensure that such information is immediately uploaded on the portal run by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development. The court had expressed concern on November 18, 2025, taking cognizance of a media report, which claimed that a child goes missing in India every eight minutes. He described missing children as a serious issue. The Supreme Court had said that the process of adoption in the country is complex. He had asked the Central Government to simplify this process. The court had said that since the process of adoption in India is complex, it is bound to be violated and people resort to illegal means to acquire children.
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