he has also undertaken several investigations into narcotics and child abuse [3] Although not directly accused there is a case pending in court requesting the stripping away of his medal which was awarded for maintaining law and order during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
[4] There is a case pending in the Delhi High Court investigating the death by asphyxiation of 59 people in the Uphaar Cinema fire.
[1][5] In 1988 Kanth formed Prayas, an organisation that deals with the delivery of welfare, education and protection of children, youths, women and the weaker sections of society through individual, corporate, NGO and governmental development activities.
[3] Under his leadership DCPCR was the only government organisation which appealed against the scrapping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code[9] In his arguments the attorney Amit Anand Tiwari, advocate for DCPCR, said “We studied various materials from medical journals and found studies that show that children of LGBT parents were more prone to social stigmatisation.
Interestingly, though these were DCPCR’s reasons for intervening in the case, the issue of protection of child rights finds no mention in the Commission’s final submissions made to the Supreme Court.