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

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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 involved in serious POCSO cases after the government asserted that existing laws are adequate to deal with heinous crimes committed by those in this age group. The government’’s response comes based on an observation of the parliamentary standing committee on Home Affairs led by Rajya Sabha MP and Congress leader Anand Sharma which noted that there have been a large number of cases under the POCSO Act where the age of the juveniles has been below the threshold age for applicability of the law. The Committee, therefore, recommends that the MHA may take up with MoW&CD to review the current age limit of 18 years and see if it can be reduced to 16 years for the applicability of the POCSO Act, 2012,” the panel noted. “The JJ Act, 2015 also includes a procedure to decide upon cases where children above the age of 16 years have been alleged to commit a heinous offence,” the WCD ministry added.

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Seriousness Of Offence Not Ground To Deny Bail To Juvenile, 'Ends Of Justice' Mean Development, Rehabilitation, Protection Of Child: Patna HC
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1 month ago

Seriousness Of Offence Not Ground To Deny Bail To Juvenile, 'Ends Of Justice' Mean Development, Rehabilitation, Protection Of Child: Patna HC

Live Law  

The Patna High Court has reiterated that the involvement of a juvenile in an offense of serious nature is not, by itself, a ground for denying bail under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015. It thus overturned the order of the Children Court, which had rejected the bail petition of the appellant on the grounds that he was involved in a …

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

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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 …

Children's Court Meant To Try Not Just Cases Where Child Rights Are Violated But Also Juveniles To Be Tried As Adults: MP High Court
4 months ago

Children's Court Meant To Try Not Just Cases Where Child Rights Are Violated But Also Juveniles To Be Tried As Adults: MP High Court

Live Law  

In a recent judgement, the MP High Court clarified the Children's Court is not only for trying the cases where child rights have been violated and victims are children but also for juveniles aged 16-18 who are accused of committing heinous offences. In Sections 15 and 18 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, it is laid down that Juvenile Justice …

The Unintended Victims: How POCSO Affects Adolescents' Autonomy And Access To Health
4 months, 1 week ago

The Unintended Victims: How POCSO Affects Adolescents' Autonomy And Access To Health

Live Law  

In the last six months almost every High Court has faced the question of criminalization of romantic relationships under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. Giving the judges of these special courts controlled discretionary powers under the POCSO Act itself would not only make the legal process short but also ensure that the trial remains child-friendly and …

Trying juveniles as adults is not the answer
8 months, 1 week ago

Trying juveniles as adults is not the answer

The Hindu  

In May, a speeding car, allegedly driven by a teenager, killed two young techies in Pune. The High Court noted that the JJ Act is “not only a beneficial legislation, but is also a remedial one.” The push by some to prosecute the adolescent as an adult raises broader questions about the power of the juvenile justice system to address …

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

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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 …

Pune Porsche Case: The Loopholes in the Legal Framework of Our Justice System
10 months ago

Pune Porsche Case: The Loopholes in the Legal Framework of Our Justice System

The Quint  

Here's an outline of the process: Age verification and categorisation: The first step is determining the age of the accused at the time of the alleged offence. There are majorly two age groups — one of those who are below 16 years of age, who are generally tried by the Juvenile Board and are not sent to adult courts, and …

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

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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,. …

"Right To Life Guaranteed To Everyone": Punjab & Haryana High Court On Protection Plea By Minor In Live-In Relationship
10 months, 3 weeks ago

"Right To Life Guaranteed To Everyone": Punjab & Haryana High Court On Protection Plea By Minor In Live-In Relationship

Live Law  

Observing that merely because petitioners are not of marriageable age it "would not deprive" them of their fundamental rights, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed to send a minor girl to the children's home, who was seeking protection from her relatives along with her 19-year-old live-in partner.While directing to send her to the children's home, the Court said …

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 …

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2023- Juvenile Justice Act
1 year, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2023- Juvenile Justice Act

Live Law  

Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 - Bone Ossification test does not give precise age, not entirely accurate. 2023 LiveLaw 1003 Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 - Primary school certificate valid proof of evidence, takes precedence over panchayat register. 2023 LiveLaw 244 Juvenile Justice Act, 2015; Section 19 - Children's Court must hold an inquiry to determine whether the child should be tried …

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Petition Challenging Validity Of Section 15 JJ Act; Liberty Granted To Approach HC
1 year, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Petition Challenging Validity Of Section 15 JJ Act; Liberty Granted To Approach HC

Live Law  

The Supreme Court bench on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the constitutionality of S.15 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 which provided for a preliminary assessment of Juveniles above the age of 16, charged with heinous crimes. The advocate contended that through the petition they endeavoured to challenge certain retrogressive amendments to the JJ Act “which is leading to a …

Law Commission against lowering age of consent under POCSO Act
1 year, 5 months ago

Law Commission against lowering age of consent under POCSO Act

The Hindu  

September 29, 2023 07:08 pm | Updated September 30, 2023 06:53 am IST - NEW DELHI The government should not tinker with the age of consent — currently 18 years — under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, the Law Commission said in a report made public on September 29. ‘Tacit approval’ In the report, the Law panel …

Don’t reduce age of consent in Pocso to 16, Law Commission tells govt
1 year, 5 months ago

Don’t reduce age of consent in Pocso to 16, Law Commission tells govt

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Law Commission of India has recommended against reducing the age of consent under the child sex abuse law to 16 years but proposed an amendment that would let courts impose a lesser sentence in cases where adolescents engage in consensual sexual relations with a female. The Law Commission has recommended guided judicial discretion in sentencing in cases …

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 …

Meghalaya HC quashes POCSO charges against man, expresses concern on its misuse
1 year, 9 months ago

Meghalaya HC quashes POCSO charges against man, expresses concern on its misuse

Hindustan Times  

The Meghalaya high court on Wednesday quashed charges of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act against a man stating that “consensual sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old girl didn’t come under the purview of the legislation”. Meghalaya high court The court of justice Wanlura Diengdoh released John Franklin Shylla forthwith, citing that sometimes “a large array of cases filed …

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 …

MP High Court Urges Law Commission To Suggest Amendments To POCSO Act Permitting Correctional Measures Instead Of Jail Term If Victim & Accused Marry
1 year, 11 months ago

MP High Court Urges Law Commission To Suggest Amendments To POCSO Act Permitting Correctional Measures Instead Of Jail Term If Victim & Accused Marry

Live Law  

While deciding a bail application of an accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, the Madhya Pradesh High Court went on to request the Law Commission of India to suggest suitable amendments to the Act making it possible for the Special POCSO Judges to impose correctional methods on convicts, rather than sentences of imprisonment, especially when the …

Explained: What Happens To Order Of Conviction When Juvenility Of Accused Is Proved Under Juvenile Justice Act?
2 years ago

Explained: What Happens To Order Of Conviction When Juvenility Of Accused Is Proved Under Juvenile Justice Act?

Live Law  

Under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, a person accused of an offence at any stage can raise a claim that he or she was a minor on the date of the commission of offence. The court is legally bound to order an inquiry to determine the age and if the claim of juvenility is proved, the accused is to be …

Debating Sensitivity and Sanctity of the Juvenile Justice Act - News18
2 years, 2 months ago

Debating Sensitivity and Sanctity of the Juvenile Justice Act - News18

News 18  

Earlier this month, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights issued draft guidelines that debated whether the preliminary assessment of minors in certain cases could be tried under law as adults under section 15 of the Juvenile Justice Act. The Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 dictated that a juvenile aged between 16 and 18 can be tried as an adult …

POCSO Cases: Special public prosecutors in T.N. get competency enhancement training
2 years, 2 months ago

POCSO Cases: Special public prosecutors in T.N. get competency enhancement training

The Hindu  

Despite the many hurdles faced, by and large public prosecutors in Tamil Nadu have shown a lot of sensitivity when it comes to cases under the POCSO Act, 2012, as everyone has the protection of children in mind, said Justice P. N. Prakash, Judge, Madras High Court and Chair, POCSO and Juvenile Justice Committee. Justice Prakash was speaking at the …

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 …

[POCSO Act] Child Sexual Abuse Increasing Alarmingly, Courts Must Imbibe Legislative Wisdom: Delhi High Court
2 years, 5 months ago

[POCSO Act] Child Sexual Abuse Increasing Alarmingly, Courts Must Imbibe Legislative Wisdom: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

Observing that offences against minors, especially sexual assault, are increasing alarmingly, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday stressed that it is necessary for the courts to "imbibe the legislative wisdom" behind enactment of the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Act. Observing that rape is a heinous crime which is abhorrent not only as against the victim but also against …

Supreme Court Issues Notice On DCPCR Plea Challenging Juvenile Justice Act 2021 Amendments Making Certain Offences Non-Cognizable
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice On DCPCR Plea Challenging Juvenile Justice Act 2021 Amendments Making Certain Offences Non-Cognizable

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Monday, issued notice in a plea filed by the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights challenging the 2021 amendment made to the Juvenile Justice Act 2015, which came into force on 1st September, 2022, whereby certain categories of offences against children have been made non-cognizable. In 2021, the Juvenile Justice Amendment Act, 2021 was passed …

Supreme Court Notice to Centre on Plea Challenging Amendment to Juvenile Justice Act
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Notice to Centre on Plea Challenging Amendment to Juvenile Justice Act

News 18  

The Supreme Court Monday sought a response from the Centre to a plea challenging the recent amendment to the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 by which certain categories of offences against children have been made non-cognizable. The top court was hearing a plea filed by Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights challenging the amendment made to the Juvenile Justice Act, …

Seeking minor's confession of crime unconstitutional, declares Delhi High Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Seeking minor's confession of crime unconstitutional, declares Delhi High Court

Firstpost  

The high court was hearing a criminal reference relating to the issuance of guidelines to be followed by Juvenile Justice Boards in conducting preliminary assessments before sending a minor for trial as an adult New Delhi: Seeking a confession about an alleged crime committed by a juvenile is unconstitutional as a “presumption is raised at the pre-trial stage itself that …

[JJ Act] Extracting Confession From Child Is Unconstitutional, Beyond Scope Of Preliminary Assessment Report: Delhi HC
2 years, 6 months ago

[JJ Act] Extracting Confession From Child Is Unconstitutional, Beyond Scope Of Preliminary Assessment Report: Delhi HC

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has observed that extracting confession from a child regarding the manner in which the offence was committed by him is unconstitutional and beyond the scope of a preliminary assessment report required to be prepared under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015. This manner of seeking a confession from the child is unconstitutional and beyond the scope of …

Avoid Hyper-technical Approach In Deciding Juvenility Claim; If Two Views Possible, Lean In Favour Of Accused : Supreme Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Avoid Hyper-technical Approach In Deciding Juvenility Claim; If Two Views Possible, Lean In Favour Of Accused : Supreme Court

Live Law  

Revealing a rather unpleasant truth, the Supreme Court of India on Monday lamented that once children are caught in the web of adult criminal justice system, it is difficult for them to get out of it unscathed. Going through the provisions of the Act, the Court said that as per Section 20 of the 2000 Act, in all cases where …

POCSO Case Against Minor Can Be Quashed On Parties Arriving At Mutual Settlement: Karnataka High Court
2 years, 6 months ago

POCSO Case Against Minor Can Be Quashed On Parties Arriving At Mutual Settlement: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Friday allowed a petition filed by a minor boy and set aside the investigation initiated against him under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl, following a mutual settlement having arrived at between the parties. It would not be inapt to notice that young children …

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 …

JJ Act Implementation: High Court Seeks DSLSA's Response On Operationalizing Scheme For Deployment Of Para Legal Volunteers In Police Stations
2 years, 7 months ago

JJ Act Implementation: High Court Seeks DSLSA's Response On Operationalizing Scheme For Deployment Of Para Legal Volunteers In Police Stations

Live Law  

Dealing with a criminal reference concerning implementation of various provisions of Juvenile Justice Act, the Delhi High Court has recently sought response of the Delhi State Legal Services Authority on operationalising NALSA Scheme for Para-Legal Volunteers which provides for the presence of paralegal volunteers in police stations, to apprise arrestees of their legal rights. While directing DSLSA to file status …

Juvenile Justice | Only JJB And Not Trial Court Has Power To Determine Juvenility U/S 94: Madhya Pradesh High Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Juvenile Justice | Only JJB And Not Trial Court Has Power To Determine Juvenility U/S 94: Madhya Pradesh High Court

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench recently held that the trial court does not have the power under Section 94 of Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 to determine the age as contested by the accused and that the same can be exercised only by the Juvenile Justice Board. Setting aside the order passed by the lower court whereby it had …

'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 …

DCPCR Moves Supreme Court Challenging Juvenile Justice Act 2021 Amendments Making Certain Offences Non-Cognizable
2 years, 10 months ago

DCPCR Moves Supreme Court Challenging Juvenile Justice Act 2021 Amendments Making Certain Offences Non-Cognizable

Live Law  

The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the amendments made to the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 in 2021 by which certain categories of offences against children have been made non-cognizable.The Commission is challenging the 2021 Amendment to the extent it made the following categories of. The Delhi Commission for …

True Equity & Justice Of Society Depends On How Fairly It Treats Its Children: Justice S. Ravindra Bhat
2 years, 10 months ago

True Equity & Justice Of Society Depends On How Fairly It Treats Its Children: Justice S. Ravindra Bhat

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court, in collaboration with the Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Odisha and UNICEF, has organised a Regional Consultation Program on Effective Implementation of Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 on Saturday. In addition to the provisions under the Indian Penal Code, the Child Labour Act, 2016, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and …

How recent amendments to the Juvenile Justice Act threaten years of progress
3 years, 1 month ago

How recent amendments to the Juvenile Justice Act threaten years of progress

Hindustan Times  

Children are sold in the market like potatoes, tomatoes and onions, said additional sessions judge Kamini Lau in a landmark 2014 order, where she reiterated the recommendations of the Law Commission made in 1993 to prohibit the sale of children. It declared the sale and procurement of children an offence punishable with imprisonment that may extend up to five years, …

Stricter norms for membership of Child Welfare Committees
3 years, 4 months ago

Stricter norms for membership of Child Welfare Committees

The Hindu  

Individuals who receive foreign aid in their personal capacity or as members of an organisation will not be eligible for the membership of Child Welfare Committees, the Centre has proposed. This follows the passage of the Juvenile Justice Amendment Bill, 2021, in Parliament earlier this year to empower District Magistrates to issue adoption orders which would ensure speedy disposal of …

Proviso To Section 15(1) Of JJ Act- "Assistance Of Experienced Psychologists Or Psycho-Social Workers Or Other Experts Is Mandatory": MPHC
3 years, 6 months ago

Proviso To Section 15(1) Of JJ Act- "Assistance Of Experienced Psychologists Or Psycho-Social Workers Or Other Experts Is Mandatory": MPHC

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday held that it is mandatory for Juvenile Justice Board to take the assistance of experienced psychologists or psycho-social workers or other experts while conducting a preliminary assessment with regard to a child's mental and physical capacity to commit a heinous offence.The Bench of Justice Shailendra Shukla has held that for. The Madhya Pradesh …

No lowering of age limit to 16 from 18 for serious POCSO cases: What it means, challenges of preventing child sexual abuse
3 years, 7 months ago

No lowering of age limit to 16 from 18 for serious POCSO cases: What it means, challenges of preventing child sexual abuse

Firstpost  

POCSO Act was amended in order to make it more effective in dealing with cases of child sex abuse in the country and notified on 6 August, 2019 and made effective from 16 August, 2019 A parliamentary panel decided not to push for lowering the age limit to 16 years from 18 years for juveniles involved in serious POCSO cases …

Centre rejects panel’s idea to try 16+ as adults under Pocso
3 years, 7 months ago

Centre rejects panel’s idea to try 16+ as adults under Pocso

Hindustan Times  

The government has turned down the suggestion of the parliamentary panel on Home Affairs to charge as adults, those over the age of 16 involved in cases of child sexual assault, according to the action taken report tabled by the committee in Parliament on Tuesday. The JJ Act, 2015 empowers Juvenile Justice Board to decide upon matters of children in …

Parliament Passes Juvenile Justice Amendment Bill To Strengthen Child Protection; Empower District Magistrates To Authorise Adoption Orders
3 years, 7 months ago

Parliament Passes Juvenile Justice Amendment Bill To Strengthen Child Protection; Empower District Magistrates To Authorise Adoption Orders

Live Law  

The Bill inter alia, seeks to re-define the category of "serious offences" under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 and further, empower the District Magistrates to pass adoption orders. Classification of offences and designated Courts The Bill proposes to amend Section 86 of the Act to the effect that offences punishable with imprisonment between 3-7 years shall be non-cognizable and non-bailable. …

"No Express Bar Of Application Of Anticipatory Bail Under Sec. 438 CrPC To Children In Conflict With Law Under JJ Act": Gujarat High Court
3 years, 9 months ago

"No Express Bar Of Application Of Anticipatory Bail Under Sec. 438 CrPC To Children In Conflict With Law Under JJ Act": Gujarat High Court

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court has observed that there is no express bar of application of anticipatory bail under sec. A Single Judge bench comprising of Justice AY Kogje observed thus: "…this Court is of the opinion that there is no expressed bar of application of Section 438 of the Code to the children. A Single Judge bench comprising of Justice …

POCSO- "Right Of Minor Victims To Participate In The Judicial Process"- Bombay High Court Issues Guidelines
3 years, 11 months ago

POCSO- "Right Of Minor Victims To Participate In The Judicial Process"- Bombay High Court Issues Guidelines

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Thursday issued guidelines for the effective implementation of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and To ensure the right of a child victim to participate in the in the Judicial process is protected. A Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni, among other instructions, directed the Special Juvenile Police Unit …

Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Amend Juvenile Justice Act; Empower District Magistrates To Authorise Adoption Orders
4 years ago

Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Amend Juvenile Justice Act; Empower District Magistrates To Authorise Adoption Orders

Live Law  

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Juvenile Justice Amendment Bill, 2021. The Bill inter alia, seeks to re-define the category of "serious offences" under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 and further, empower the District Magistrates to pass adoption orders. In Shilpa Mittal v. State of NCT of Delhi, the Supreme Court observed that the Juvenile Justice Act does not …

Parliamentary panel suggests reducing age of trial under POCSO Act to 16 years
4 years ago

Parliamentary panel suggests reducing age of trial under POCSO Act to 16 years

Op India  

A parliamentary panel comprising of MPs from Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha made an observation that stated, minor sexual offenders may be prone to conduct more heinous crimes if left uncounseled. Noting an increase in cases filed under POCSO Act where the age of the accused was under 18 years, the committee has submitted a report ‘Atrocities Against Women and …

Parliament session: Bill to amend juvenile justice law introduced in Lok Sabha
4 years ago

Parliament session: Bill to amend juvenile justice law introduced in Lok Sabha

Hindustan Times  

A bill to amend the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, which seeks to increase the role of district magistrates and additional district magistrates, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday. The amendment to the bill intends to empower district magistrates and additional district magistrates to authorise orders of adoption, propose that appeals on the orders of adoption may be referred …

Cabinet Gives Nod to Juvenile Justice Law Amendments, Increases Role of Magistrates
4 years, 1 month ago

Cabinet Gives Nod to Juvenile Justice Law Amendments, Increases Role of Magistrates

News 18  

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved amendments to the Juvenile Justice Act 2015, increasing the role of district magistrates and additional district magistrates. Addressing the media on the Cabinet decision, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani said in every district, the district magistrate and the additional district magistrate will get the power to monitor functions of agencies responsible for …

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