India, July 18 -- The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) of Gautam Budh Nagar has urged the district magistrate to relocate a liquor shop operating near the district observation home in Sector 80, saying its proximity to the child care institution violates the spirit of child protection laws and adversely affects the children housed there, an official said on Friday.

In a letter dated July 6, principal magistrate Abhishek Kumar-IV informed the district magistrate that a JJB member's visit to the Bal Samprekshan Grih on July 3 revealed a liquor shop functioning close to the institution. The board sought its immediate removal or relocation.

"A liquor or intoxicant shop near a child care institution adversely affects children and compromises the...