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Vacancies in bodies under Juvenile Justice Act affecting implementation: SC

Ahmedabad: Different authorities constituted under the Juvenile Justice Act are facing vacancies which, in turn, are affecting the effective implementation of the Act, Supreme Court judge Justice Madan Lokur said today. Justice Lokur, who also heads the Supreme Court Juvenile Justice Committee, was speaking at the 3rd Regional Roundtable Conference on 'Effective Implementation of Juvenile Justice Act' in Ahmedabad. "What we need to really concentrate on is implementation of the Acts -- the Juvenile Justice Act, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and Acts with regard to the commissions on children. The conference in Ahmedabad was part of such events organised by the Supreme Court Juvenile Justice Committee across different centres for effective implementation of the Juvenile Justice Act.

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