Consider Amendment To State Act To Reduce Age Of Juvenility From 18 To 16 Yrs, J&K HC Tells State [Read Order]
6 years, 10 months ago

Consider Amendment To State Act To Reduce Age Of Juvenility From 18 To 16 Yrs, J&K HC Tells State [Read Order]

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The Central Act further provides that children between 16 and 18 years of age be tried as adults for heinous crimes. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the state government to consider amending the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Juvenile Justice Act, 2013, to reduce the age of juvenility from 18 years to 16 years. the Juvenile Justice Act, was amended in year 2016, by which the age of a juvenile has been brought down from 18 years to 16 years in case of heinous offences, no such amendment was carried out to the Jammu and Kashmir Juvenile Justice Act, which is applicable in the state. A bench of Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Janak Raj Kotwal observed: “By way of an amendment in the Central Act, the age of Juvenile has been brought down from 18 years to 16 years in case of heinous offences. However, in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, it appears that the State Legislature has not carried out any such exercise.” The bench then disposed of the writ petition with the direction to the state government to consider the issue of amending the provisions of Sections 2, 2 and Section 21 of the Jammu and Kashmir Juvenile Justice Act, 2013, in so far as it pertains to the reduction of age of juvenile from 18 years to 16 years.

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Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses To Treat Juvenile Booked Under POCSO Act As 'Adult' Based On Psyche Assessment Done With 5 Yrs Delay
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses To Treat Juvenile Booked Under POCSO Act As 'Adult' Based On Psyche Assessment Done With 5 Yrs Delay

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside the order of a Children's Court which tried a juvenile booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act Act as an adult.As per Section 15 of the Act, a Juvenile Justice Board is required to make a preliminary assessment regarding the juvenile's mental and physical capacity to commit an …

Government increases age limit for J&K combined competitive exam to 35
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Government increases age limit for J&K combined competitive exam to 35

Hindustan Times  

Reversed another decision of the union territory administration, the new government increased the upper age limit for Jammu and Kashmir Combined Competitive Examinations to 35 years for open merit candidates. J&K CM Omar Abdullah In July this year, the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission had reduced the age to 32 years for general candidates and 34 years for reserved …

Age of juvenile under law should be lowered to 14: Ajit Pawar
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Age of juvenile under law should be lowered to 14: Ajit Pawar

Hindustan Times  

PUNE Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has called for bringing down the legal age to define juveniles in criminal cases from 18 to 14 years. Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has called for bringing down the legal age to define juveniles in criminal cases from 18 to 14 years. Speaking to reporters in Baramati, his assembly constituency, on …

Ensure Compliance With Juvenile Justice Act: Punjab & Haryana High Court To CWC In Case Where Minor Was Allegedly Forced To Marry Old Man
9 months ago

Ensure Compliance With Juvenile Justice Act: Punjab & Haryana High Court To CWC In Case Where Minor Was Allegedly Forced To Marry Old Man

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Child Welfare Committee, constituted under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, to conduct an enquiry under Section 36 of the Act and ensure compliance, in the case of a minor girl whose parents have allegedly fixed her marriage with an old man.A 15-year-old girl had moved Court through her friend. The Punjab …

Juveniles Tried As Adults Cannot Be Deprived Of Their Right To Bail Under Juvenile Justice Act: Uttarakhand High Court
9 months, 1 week ago

Juveniles Tried As Adults Cannot Be Deprived Of Their Right To Bail Under Juvenile Justice Act: Uttarakhand High Court

Live Law  

The Uttarakhand High Court has extended bail to a juvenile accused in a case registered under Sections 376, 506 of the Indian Penal Code, and Section 5/6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. Subsequently, the JJ Board conducted a preliminary assessment under Section 15 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, and ordered that the accused be …

JJ Act | 3 Months Time Limit For Preliminary Assessment Of Juvenile As Per Sec. 14(3) Not Mandatory: Supreme Court
10 months, 2 weeks ago

JJ Act | 3 Months Time Limit For Preliminary Assessment Of Juvenile As Per Sec. 14(3) Not Mandatory: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court held that the time limit of three months prescribed under Section 14 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 for ascertaining the mental and physical capacity of a child below the age of sixteen years to commit a serious offence is not mandatory but directory.“As in the process of preliminary inquiry there is involvement of many persons, namely,. …

Supreme Court Reviews Its Order, Reiterates Juvenile Justice Rules, 2007 Are Relevant Rules For Considering Question Of Juvenility
1 year ago

Supreme Court Reviews Its Order, Reiterates Juvenile Justice Rules, 2007 Are Relevant Rules For Considering Question Of Juvenility

Live Law  

The Supreme Court reviewed its 2019 judgment wherein, while remitting the question of juvenility to the Punjab & Haryana High Court, it opined that the relevant rules to be looked into are Juvenile Justice Rules, 2001. While doing so, the Court corrected its 2019 judgment against which review was sought and held that Juvenile Justice Rules, 2007 is required to …

Criminals are made, not born: SC judge Sanjiv Khanna
1 year, 2 months ago

Criminals are made, not born: SC judge Sanjiv Khanna

Hindustan Times  

No one is born a criminal but is made into one by circumstances, Supreme Court judge Sanjiv Khanna said on Thursday as he inaugurated a pan-India campaign by the National Legal Services Authority aimed at identifying juveniles in prisons and providing them with essential legal assistance to ensure their freedom from adult jails. SC judge Sanjiv Khanna inaugurated a pan-India …

Juvenile Justice Board's Decision To Try Child As Adult Must Be Transparent And Fair: Bombay High Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Juvenile Justice Board's Decision To Try Child As Adult Must Be Transparent And Fair: Bombay High Court

Live Law  

Owing to several procedural lapses by the Juvenile Justice Board, Yavatmal, the Bombay High Court ordered re-adjudication of a plea to try two juveniles as adults in the case of a gang-rape of a minor girl. Justice GA Sanap at the Nagpur bench noted that the JJB’s roznama didn’t specify if the juveniles or their advocates were even given a …

Explained | How can a juvenile be tried as an adult in Court?
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained | How can a juvenile be tried as an adult in Court?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The National Commission for Protection of Children has recently issued guidelines for conducting a preliminary assessment by the Juvenile Justice Board under Section 15 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015. Section 15 of the JJ Act provides that in case of a heinous offence alleged to have been committed by a child, who has completed or …

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Juvenile Justice Act
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Juvenile Justice Act

Live Law  

Juvenile Justice Juvenile Justice - Plea of juvenility could be raised in any court, at any stage even after the final disposal of the Special Leave Petition- Where the plea of juvenility is raised at a belated stage, often certain medical tests are resorted to forage determination in absence of the documents - While appreciating the evidence adduced on behalf …

No plan to revise age of consent, Centre tells Rajya Sabha
2 years, 3 months ago

No plan to revise age of consent, Centre tells Rajya Sabha

The Hindu  

The government does not yet have a plan to revise the age of consent under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 despite appeals from the judiciary to lower it from the current 18 years to 16 years. In response to a question from Communist Party of India MP Binoy Vishwam in the Rajya Sabha on whether the …

Lenient law lets juveniles commit crimes, says Supreme Court
2 years, 4 months ago

Lenient law lets juveniles commit crimes, says Supreme Court

The Hindu  

A lenient juvenile law has increasingly emboldened juveniles to commit heinous crimes and it is for the government to re-examine the law before it is too late in the day, the Supreme Court said in a judgment on Wednesday. Justice Pardiwala, who authored the judgment, expressed doubts whether the merciful ways of the Juvenile Justice Act of 2015 with the …

Getting An Impression That Leniency Towards Juvenile Offenders Is Emboldening Them To Indulge In Heinous Crimes : Supreme Court
2 years, 4 months ago

Getting An Impression That Leniency Towards Juvenile Offenders Is Emboldening Them To Indulge In Heinous Crimes : Supreme Court

Live Law  

We have started gathering an impression that the leniency with which the juveniles are dealt with in the name of goal of reformation is making them more and more emboldened in indulging in such heinous crimes, the Supreme Court remarked in a judgment seting aside the orders of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kathua and the Jammu and Kashmir High Court …

Bombay High Court grants bail to 17-year-old murder accused being tried as an adult
2 years, 4 months ago

Bombay High Court grants bail to 17-year-old murder accused being tried as an adult

India Today  

While granting bail to a 17-year-old boy who was being tried as an adult, Justice Bharti Dangre of the Bombay High Court said that merely because a juvenile is being tried as an adult does not mean that he can be denied the benefit of the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act. The 17-year-old was seeking bail under Section 12 …

JJ Act | "Heinous Offence" Is One Where Peremptorily Punishment Is Imprisonment Upto 7 Yrs Or More: Punjab & Haryana High Court
2 years, 6 months ago

JJ Act | "Heinous Offence" Is One Where Peremptorily Punishment Is Imprisonment Upto 7 Yrs Or More: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Live Law  

Punjab and Haryana High Court recently held that when the accused had, while committing the offence of lurking house trespass by night or house-breaking by night, also voluntarily caused or attempted to cause death, then the convicting Court can per-emptorily impose a sentence of life imprisonment, upon the juvenile in conflict with law. The bench comprising Justice Sureshwar Thakur further …

'Presumption Of Innocence U/S 3(i) Juvenile Justice Act Not Applicable To Adult Co-Accused': J&K&L High Court
2 years, 8 months ago

'Presumption Of Innocence U/S 3(i) Juvenile Justice Act Not Applicable To Adult Co-Accused': J&K&L High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has made it clear that the presumption of innocence in favour of a juvenile under Section 3 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 cannot be applied to the adult co-accused in a crime.Justice Sanjay Dhar thus rejected the contention raised by the Petitioners herein that since the. The Jammu and Kashmir and …

Hyderabad gang rape: When can juveniles be tried as adults?
2 years, 9 months ago

Hyderabad gang rape: When can juveniles be tried as adults?

Firstpost  

The police probing the gang rape of a teenage girl in Hyderabad want to prosecute the five arrested minors as adults. This is allowed after the 2015 amendment to the Juvenile Justice Act, if they are accused of a ‘heinous crime’ and are between the ages of 16 and 18 Police officials, investigation the gang rape of a teenage girl …

Parliamentary panel decides not to push for lowering age limit of juvenile offenders under POCSO
3 years, 7 months ago

Parliamentary panel decides not to push for lowering age limit of juvenile offenders under POCSO

Firstpost  

Minor offenders under POCSO are currently tried under the Juvenile Justice Act, which also has a provision that let’s the juvenile justice board decide whether an offender above 16 years of age should be tried as an adult A key parliamentary panel has decided not to push for lowering the age limit to 16 years from 18 years for juveniles …

Jammu & Kashmir High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Maximum Preventive Detention Period Under Public Safety Act
4 years, 1 month ago

Jammu & Kashmir High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Maximum Preventive Detention Period Under Public Safety Act

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has issued notice to the UT administration on a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of Section 18 of the Public Safety Act, 1978. Therefore Section 18 of the Public Safety Act of 1978 which was earlier saved from the applicability of Article 22 will no longer remain the same and due to the applicability …

Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 Passed By Parliament
4 years, 1 month ago

Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 Passed By Parliament

Live Law  

The Lok Sabha on Saturday passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2021, by a voice vote. It seeks to merge the existing cadre for India Services Officers of J&K with those of Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union Territory cadre. Consequently, all future allocations of All India Services Officers for the UT of J&K and UT of Ladakh shall …

Almost 4 Decades On, 55-year-old to be Punished by Juvenile Court for 1981 Murder
4 years, 5 months ago

Almost 4 Decades On, 55-year-old to be Punished by Juvenile Court for 1981 Murder

News 18  

A 55-year-old man will turn himself in before a juvenile court next week. The court has ordered that the convict will be produced before the Juvenile Justice Board in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich in the next seven days. Under Section 15 of the 2000 Juvenile Justice Act, a delinquent in conflict of law can be kept in a reformation centre for …

Juvenile Justice Act And Misplaced Objectives
4 years, 9 months ago

Juvenile Justice Act And Misplaced Objectives

Live Law  

The Bois Locker Room issue has raised many important questions regarding consent, boys' culture and privacy. The Act created two parallel systems and if a Juvenile was within the age group of 16-18, s/he could be tried as an adult. As per Section 15 of the Act if a Juvenile in the Relevant Age Group commits an heinous offence and …

Satisfied with HC Juvenile Justice Committee report saying no detention of minors in J&K, says SC
5 years, 3 months ago

Satisfied with HC Juvenile Justice Committee report saying no detention of minors in J&K, says SC

India TV News  

The Supreme Court Friday said it is satisfied with the report of Juvenile Justice Committee of Jammu and Kashmir HC which had said that no minors have been detained in jails there post abrogation of provisions of Article 370 in the erstwhile state. The apex court, after perusing the committee's report, said that four high court judges have visited all …

144 Juveniles Arrested Since Aug 5 ; None Under Illegal Detention : J&K Juvenile Justice Committee Submits Report Quoting Police [Read Report]
5 years, 5 months ago

144 Juveniles Arrested Since Aug 5 ; None Under Illegal Detention : J&K Juvenile Justice Committee Submits Report Quoting Police [Read Report]

Live Law  

Quoting the report of the Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police that no child is under illegal detention in the state, the Jammu and Kashmir Juvenile Justice Committee has submitted its report to the Supreme Court.As per the police report, 144 juveniles, including children aged 9 and 11, were arrested since August 5, after curfew measures were imposed in …

9-year-olds among 144 minors detained in Kashmir since Article 370 abrogation: Reports
5 years, 5 months ago

9-year-olds among 144 minors detained in Kashmir since Article 370 abrogation: Reports

India Today  

Children as young as 9-years-old had been picked up under preventive detention in the immediate aftermath of the August 5 lockdown in Jammu and Kashmir, a report filed before the Supreme court on Tuesday said. The report filed by the four-judge Juvenile Justice Committee of the J&K High court, however, maintains that the detainee’ children were released from custody on …

Juvenile Not To Be Tried As An Adult Merely Because The Offence Is Heinous: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
5 years, 8 months ago

Juvenile Not To Be Tried As An Adult Merely Because The Offence Is Heinous: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has set aside the order of Juvenile Justice Board that had directed to try a 'juvenile' accused of murder of a 3 year old girl 'as an adult'.He shall be tried as a juvenile, said Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu while observing that the Board had mechanically relied on the Social Investigation Report and Mental Health Report, …

Child, Who Has Not Committed Heinous Offence, Can’t Be Tried At Children’s Court: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
6 years, 2 months ago

Child, Who Has Not Committed Heinous Offence, Can’t Be Tried At Children’s Court: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court recently held that a 'child', as is defined under Section 2 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, who has not committed a heinous offence, cannot be tried at a Children's Court.Under Section 19 of the JJ Act, a Children's Court may send a child to a place of safety till he attains the age of 21 …

Minor or not? Decision on Kathua juvenile next week
6 years, 9 months ago

Minor or not? Decision on Kathua juvenile next week

Deccan Chronicle  

Jammu: The fate of the juvenile accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua will be decided next week by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court with the Crime Branch moving a petition to contest that he is a minor, officials said on Thursday. A decision on the petition, which will be heard early next week, …

J&K Governor Promulgates Ordinance On Death Penalty For Rape Of Girls Under 12 Years Of Age [Read Salient Features]
6 years, 10 months ago

J&K Governor Promulgates Ordinance On Death Penalty For Rape Of Girls Under 12 Years Of Age [Read Salient Features]

Live Law  

Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Mr. Governor N. N. Vohra has promulgated two Ordinances prescribing stricter penalties for child rapists.As per an official release, the Jammu and Kashmir Criminal Law Ordinance, 2018 and the Jammu and Kashmir Protection of Children from Sexual Violence Ordinance, 2018 were promulgated "in view of the surge in violence against women in general and. As per …

J&K Governor Promulgates Ordinance On Death Penalty For Rape Of Girls Under 12 Years Of Age [Read Salient Features]
6 years, 10 months ago

J&K Governor Promulgates Ordinance On Death Penalty For Rape Of Girls Under 12 Years Of Age [Read Salient Features]

Live Law  

Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Mr. Governor N. N. Vohra has promulgated two Ordinances prescribing stricter penalties for child rapists.As per an official release, the Jammu and Kashmir Criminal Law Ordinance, 2018 and the Jammu and Kashmir Protection of Children from Sexual Violence Ordinance, 2018 were promulgated "in view of the surge in violence against women in general and. As per …

After Kathua case, Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet approves death penalty for child rape
6 years, 11 months ago

After Kathua case, Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet approves death penalty for child rape

Firstpost  

Significantly, the government also shifted the ‘burden of proof’ on the accused, while bringing provisions to ensure time-bound fast track investigation and trial in such cases, a minister said. Jammu: The Mehbooba Mufti government in Jammu and Kashmir approved an ordinance providing death penalty to those guilty of raping children, a development that comes in the wake of massive outrage …

Claim Of Juvenility Can Be Raised Even After Case Disposal: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]
8 years, 5 months ago

Claim Of Juvenility Can Be Raised Even After Case Disposal: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court in Sher Singh @ Sheru vs. State of UP dealt with the issue of claim of juvenility raised by the accused when proceedings were underway.The Bench comprising Justice VK Shukla, Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bharat Bhushan decided that the right of an accused to raise the issue of juvenility cannot be denied by dismissing the …

SC sets aside life imprisonment imposed on a murder convict holding him ‘juvenile as on the day of occurrence’ [Read Judgment]
8 years, 8 months ago

SC sets aside life imprisonment imposed on a murder convict holding him ‘juvenile as on the day of occurrence’ [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court in Dilshad vs. State of U.P has set aside the punishment of life imprisonment imposed on a person convicted for murder, by holding him to be juvenile in terms of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, as on the day of occurrence.Apex Court Division Bench comprising of Justices V. Gopala Gowda and U.U. The Supreme Court in Dilshad …

SC sets aside life imprisonment imposed on a murder convict holding him ‘juvenile as on the day of occurrence’ [Read Judgment]
8 years, 8 months ago

SC sets aside life imprisonment imposed on a murder convict holding him ‘juvenile as on the day of occurrence’ [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court in Dilshad vs. State of U.P has set aside the punishment of life imprisonment imposed on a person convicted for murder, by holding him to be juvenile in terms of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, as on the day of occurrence.Apex Court Division Bench comprising of Justices V. Gopala Gowda and U.U. The Supreme Court in Dilshad …

Hit and Run case: Minor to be tried as adult by applying new Juvenile Justice Act
8 years, 9 months ago

Hit and Run case: Minor to be tried as adult by applying new Juvenile Justice Act

Live Law  

Terming a hit and run case which killed a marketing executive as “heinous”, the Juvenile Justice Board at New Delhi has held that a teenaged boy who is allegedly involved in the case, should to be tried as an Adult in a Trial Court, by applying the new Juvenile Justice Act.According to the newly introduced provisions of Juvenile Justice Act, …

Special provisions under the new JJ Act, 2015 for children committing heinous crimes
8 years, 10 months ago

Special provisions under the new JJ Act, 2015 for children committing heinous crimes

Live Law  

The Government has recently enacted the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 repealing the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 to overcome the problems that were faced in the implementation of the JJ Act, 2000. The JJ Act, 2015 has come into effect from 15th January, 2016. Amongst the various provisions of the JJ Act, 2015 there. Amongst the various provisions of the JJ …

SC refuses to entertain plea against new Juvenile Justice Act
9 years ago

SC refuses to entertain plea against new Juvenile Justice Act

Live Law  

Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL which challenged the validity of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 saying it cannot be a subject matter of a public interest litigation and can only be admitted if an aggrieved comes before the court.Salman Khurshid, the senior lawyer who appeared for activist Tahseen Poonawalla argued that the court must look into. Supreme …

How much lower can juvenile trial age go down to? Actress Nandita Das
9 years, 1 month ago

How much lower can juvenile trial age go down to? Actress Nandita Das

India TV News  

New Delhi: Actress and social activist Nandita Das says there is need to re-examine the lowering of age for juveniles accused of heinous crimes to be tried under laws for adults. The Juvenile Justice Act, which allows children above 16years of age to be tried as adults if they are accused of heinous crimes like gangrape, murder and acid attack, …

Petition filed in SC against new central law on juvenile
9 years, 1 month ago

Petition filed in SC against new central law on juvenile

India TV News  

Petition filed in SC against new central law on juvenile New Delhi: A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the recently-passed juvenile law that allows delinquent minors of 16 years of age and above to be tried as New Delhi: A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity …

Rajya Sabha passes Juvenile Justice Bill: 16-year-olds can now be tried as adults for rape and murder
9 years, 3 months ago

Rajya Sabha passes Juvenile Justice Bill: 16-year-olds can now be tried as adults for rape and murder

Firstpost  

Juveniles aged 16 years and above will now be tried under laws for adults for heinous crimes as Parliament on Tuesday passed a much-expected bill in this regard against the backdrop of a juvenile convict being released in the gangrape-cum-murder case of December 2012. The Juvenile Justice Bill, which provides for lowering the age for trial from 18 years, was …

New juvenile justice bill hailed but doubts persist
9 years, 3 months ago

New juvenile justice bill hailed but doubts persist

Hindustan Times  

Within days of release of the juvenile convict in the December 16 gang rape case and the subsequent protest over his release, the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the juvenile justice bill which brought down the age of the juvenile from the existing 18 to 16 years in case of heinous crimes. Seven months back the Supreme Court had asked …

Rajya Sabha bows to public pressure; passes long pending Juvenile Justice Bill
9 years, 3 months ago

Rajya Sabha bows to public pressure; passes long pending Juvenile Justice Bill

Live Law  

Bowing to mounting public pressure in the backdrop of the release of the juvenile convict in the Nirbhaya case which had led to an unprecedented public outrage, Rajya Sabha passed the Juvenile Justice Bill, 2015 which had been hanging fire in the House for the last many months.Under the new law, juveniles between the ages of 16 to 18 years …

Rajya Sabha bows to public pressure; passes long pending Juvenile Justice Bill
9 years, 3 months ago

Rajya Sabha bows to public pressure; passes long pending Juvenile Justice Bill

Live Law  

Bowing to mounting public pressure in the backdrop of the release of the juvenile convict in the Nirbhaya case which had led to an unprecedented public outrage, Rajya Sabha passed the Juvenile Justice Bill, 2015 which had been hanging fire in the House for the last many months.Under the new law, juveniles between the ages of 16 to 18 years …

Our juvenile bill more compassionate than advanced nations: Maneka Gandhi - IndiaTv news
9 years, 9 months ago

Our juvenile bill more compassionate than advanced nations: Maneka Gandhi - IndiaTv news

India TV News  

New Delhi: The draft Juvenile Justice Bill takes a far more compassionate line than has been taken by several advanced countries, according to the Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi. Gandhi said that she is prepared for constructive criticism of the Bill when it is presented in the Rajya Sabha in its monsoon session next month. On the …

Vice Chancellors of Law Universities issue Joint Statement expressing concern over Juvenile Justice Bill
9 years, 10 months ago

Vice Chancellors of Law Universities issue Joint Statement expressing concern over Juvenile Justice Bill

Live Law  

A Joint Statement has been issued by the legal luminaries in India, expressing their concerns over the Juvenile Justice Bill.The Joint Statement says, “We, the members of legal fraternity charged with the responsibility of ensuring rule of law based on the principle of justice equity and good conscience, condemn violence against women but do not believe that sending the children …

Why you should oppose the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill 2014
9 years, 10 months ago

Why you should oppose the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill 2014

Live Law  

Since the Nirbhaya rape in Dec. 2012, media has been repeatedly demonizing children found involved in commission of serious offences, leading to a public outcry against the protective approach of the Juvenile Justice Act 2000. India’s history of juvenile justice goes back 150 years when India enacted the Apprentices Act in 1850 to bind over petty offenders as apprentices rather …

Juvenile Justice Bill passed in Lokha Sabha
9 years, 10 months ago

Juvenile Justice Bill passed in Lokha Sabha

Live Law  

After the Cabinet gave its approval to the Juvenile Justice Bill, 2014 in April this year, the Lok Sabha today passed the Bill. The Bill provides for trial of juveniles aged between 16 and 18 years to be tried as adults for heinous crimes.However, the Bill was passed only after the government agreed to delete clause 7, which stated that …

Adult laws will cover 16-18 year olds
9 years, 10 months ago

Adult laws will cover 16-18 year olds

The Hindu  

A controversial Bill that provides for trying juveniles aged between 16 and 18 years for heinous crimes under laws for adults was cleared by the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi, who piloted the Bill, told the House that she had tried to be “pro-child” and to strike a “fine balance” between justice to victims …

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