Amended child labour act a mirage' Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who is to take over as the next Chief Justice of India, on Friday expressed serious concern over āconcern-deficitā reflected in policy and legislation and stressed the need to ensure that children got an environment in which they could realise their full potential. Speaking at a function to release āEvery Child Mattersā, a book authored by Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, Justice Gogoi said children in India were victims of ātyranny of indifferenceā. He contradicted Satyarthi who said Indiaās laws against child labour were the best in the world. āThe 2016 Amendment to the Child Labour Act, for example, is a mirage to say the least. The idea of the Amendment was to make the child labour law more stringent so as to realise the mandate of the Right to Education Act, 2009, i.e., a child in the age group of 6 to 14 be enabled to receive elementary education. āNow, to expect this age to be raised to 18 years will be like...