Juveniles Detained In Adult Jails: Delhi High Court To Consider Streamlining Process Of Assessing Age Of Arrestee When Brought To Police Station
3 years, 1 month ago

Juveniles Detained In Adult Jails: Delhi High Court To Consider Streamlining Process Of Assessing Age Of Arrestee When Brought To Police Station

Live Law  

Noting that there was an alarming number of about 800 juveniles or children in conflict with law who were detained in adult jails in Tihar in the past five years, the Delhi High Court is set to consider streamlining the process of assessing the age of an arrestee when brought to a police station. The development came after the bench had in it's previous hearing asked the Delhi Government to indicate the number of juveniles present in adult jails and also the number of juveniles transferred from adult jails to Juvenile Justice Homes in the last 5 years. Indicate Number Of Juveniles In Adult Homes & Those Transferred From Adult Jails To JJ Homes In Last 5 Years: High Court Asks Delhi Govt During the course of hearing on January 21, perusing the data placed on record by the Delhi Government, the Court said: "The total adds-up to an alarming number of about 800 such cases. It had directed that all cases alleging petty offences against children or juveniles in conflict with law, where the inquiry has been pending and remains inconclusive for a period longer than one year, regardless of whether such child or juvenile has been produced before the Juvenile Justice Boards in Delhi, shall stand terminated with immediate effect.

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Delhi: Man sentences to 10 years RI for raping 1-year-old minor girl in 2019
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Delhi: Man sentences to 10 years RI for raping 1-year-old minor girl in 2019

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, A court here has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a one-and-a-half-year-old girl in 2019, saying the abhorrence of society for sexual predators should find reflection in the judgments of the courts. Delhi: Man sentences to 10 years RI for raping 1-year-old minor girl in 2019 Additional Sessions Judge Manoj Kumar …

Delhi High Court Annual Digest 2024: Part III [Citations 801 - 1200]
2 months, 1 week ago

Delhi High Court Annual Digest 2024: Part III [Citations 801 - 1200]

Live Law  

Citations 2024 LiveLaw 801 to 2024 LiveLaw 1200 The Delhi High Court single bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula held once a resolution plan is accepted, the stakeholders cannot impose penalties or claim dues from the Corporate Debtor based on past liabilities. The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Dharmesh Sharmab has held that breaches of undertakings given before a Court, …

Five juveniles among seven nabbed in east Delhi school student murder case
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Five juveniles among seven nabbed in east Delhi school student murder case

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Delhi Police has nabbed seven people, including five juveniles, in connection with the murder of a 14-year-old school student in east Delhi, an official said on Saturday. Five juveniles among seven nabbed in east Delhi school student murder case The suspects were planning to flee Delhi when they were nabbed. The accused classmate allegedly discussed a dispute …

Gauhati High Court Sets February 2025 Deadline For State To Notify Draft Rules & Child Protection Policy
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Gauhati High Court Sets February 2025 Deadline For State To Notify Draft Rules & Child Protection Policy

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court recently directed the Assam Government to inform it by February 25, 2025, about the status of the issuance of notification for the Draft Rules and Child Protection Policy; filling of the vacancies, and the status of social audit and tentative time of completion of the said audit. The division bench comprising Justice Kalyan Rai Surana and …

Kerala High Court Issues Guidelines To Ensure Minors Are Not Mistakenly Tried As Adults
3 months ago

Kerala High Court Issues Guidelines To Ensure Minors Are Not Mistakenly Tried As Adults

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court, while handling a case in which two juveniles were tried and punished as adults, issued a set of directives to investigating agencies and the district judiciary to prevent such occurrences in the future. It shall be indicated in the remand report, the method adopted to ascertain the age of the arrestee while producing him before the …

Delhi court awards 15-yr jail term to man for repeated rape of minor girl
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi court awards 15-yr jail term to man for repeated rape of minor girl

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, A Delhi court sentenced a man to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment for the alleged repeated rape of a minor girl in 2018, observing the offence not only intruded upon the survivor's dignity but was also a crime against society. Delhi court awards 15-yr jail term to man for repeated rape of minor girl Additional Sessions Judge Harleen …

Three juveniles held for murder in Delhi; political row erupts over city’s crime rate
4 months, 1 week ago

Three juveniles held for murder in Delhi; political row erupts over city’s crime rate

The Hindu  

The Delhi police on Saturday apprehended three juveniles for killing a man and injuring another in two separate incidents of firing in north-east Delhi’s Welcome area. War of words Delhi Health Minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Saurabh Bharadwaj attacked the Lieutenant-Governor over the “deteriorating law and order situation in the city”. Addressing a press conference, Mr. Bharadwaj said …

Juvenile gets 10-year rigorous jail term in 2017 rape case
4 months, 1 week ago

Juvenile gets 10-year rigorous jail term in 2017 rape case

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court sentenced a juvenile to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for the rape of a 10-year-old girl in 2017, emphasizing the need for reformation rather than immediate release. Additional Sessions Judge Susheel Bala Dagar highlighted major gaps in the Juvenile Justice system, urging the government to streamline the roles of various authorities responsible for rehabilitating children …

Court Convicts Man for Kidnapping and Forcing Minors to Beg
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Court Convicts Man for Kidnapping and Forcing Minors to Beg

Deccan Chronicle  

A Delhi court has convicted a man for kidnapping a 11-year-old girl. The court found that there was no reason to disbelieve the testimony of the prosecution witnesses, who claimed that the accused kidnapped the girl to force her into begging. The court convicted the accused of kidnapping and sentenced him to 10 years in prison.

Chennai police arrests juvenile for raping 10-year-old girl
6 months, 1 week ago

Chennai police arrests juvenile for raping 10-year-old girl

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Chennai police have arrested a juvenile in the case of rape of a 10-year-old girl which is being investigated by the Anna Nagar police under the Pocso Act, official sources said on Saturday. However, a senior police officer said that Sathish has not yet been arrested as the evidence currently available against him is inadequate and they are investigating …

Police Must Commence Investigation Immediately In Missing Children Cases Without Waiting For 24 Hours: Delhi High Court
8 months, 1 week ago

Police Must Commence Investigation Immediately In Missing Children Cases Without Waiting For 24 Hours: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed all the police stations in the national capital to ensure that there shall be no waiting period for 24 hours to start inquiry or investigation in cases of missing children. A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Amit Sharma directed the Commissioner of Delhi Police to give directions to all the …

Arvind Kejriwal’s judicial custody extended till July 12 in excise policy case
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Arvind Kejriwal’s judicial custody extended till July 12 in excise policy case

Live Mint  

A court in Delhi on Wednesday, July 3, extended the judicial custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal until July 12 in a money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped excise policy 2021-22. Earlier on Saturday, the Delhi chief minister was sent to judicial custody till July 12 following a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation, which had arrested …

Court extends judicial custody of Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar till June 22
9 months ago

Court extends judicial custody of Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar till June 22

The Hindu  

New Delhi A Delhi court on Saturday extended the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar till June 22. Mr. Kumar was produced through videoconferencing before the duty metropolitan magistrate at Tis Hazari court, which extended his judicial custody till June 22. Prior to him approaching the high court, the magistrate court had denied Mr. Kumar bail, …

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

Over 9,600 children wrongfully incarcerated in adult prisons in India: Study
10 months, 1 week ago

Over 9,600 children wrongfully incarcerated in adult prisons in India: Study

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Children in India are being wrongfully incarcerated with approximately 9,681 children found to have been wrongly held in adult facilities over six years from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2021, a study by indian civil society organisation ‘iProBono’ has revealed. According to the study revealed on Saturday in Delhi, it obtained responses from 50% of the total …

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, 1 month 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 …

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 …

Delhi High Court Issues Directions For Expeditious Disposal Of Criminal Cases Against MPs, MLAs
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi High Court Issues Directions For Expeditious Disposal Of Criminal Cases Against MPs, MLAs

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has issued directions for expeditious and effective disposal of criminal cases pending in the designated courts against the members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies. A division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna directed the Principal District and Sessions Judge of the Rouse Avenue Court to ensure almost equal pendency of. A …

Bombay High Court Seeks Explanation For High Pendency Of 40K Cases Before Juvenile Justice Board And Child Welfare Committee
1 year, 5 months ago

Bombay High Court Seeks Explanation For High Pendency Of 40K Cases Before Juvenile Justice Board And Child Welfare Committee

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court recently flagged the collective pendency of over 40,051 cases before the Juvenile Justice Board and the Child Welfare Committee while hearing a PIL by an NGO. “…the figures of 10,008 cases pending before the Juvenile Justice Board and 30,043 cases pending before the Child Welfare Committee would amount to nullifying of spirit of the Act.” On …

Patna HC Directs Bihar Courts To Ensure Compliance With Supreme Court's 'Arnesh Kumar Guidelines' On Arrest
1 year, 5 months ago

Patna HC Directs Bihar Courts To Ensure Compliance With Supreme Court's 'Arnesh Kumar Guidelines' On Arrest

Live Law  

The Patna High Court recently issued a circular for all the courts under its territorial jurisdiction of this Court directing them to follow the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court in the 2014 Arnesh Kumar Judgment on arrests. Accordingly, the Patna High Court has issued the following guidelines: 11.1 All the State Governments to instruct its police officers not to …

Preliminary Assessment Of Mental & Physical Capacity Of Juvenile To Commit Heinous Offence Must Be Concluded Expeditiously: Delhi High Court
1 year, 7 months ago

Preliminary Assessment Of Mental & Physical Capacity Of Juvenile To Commit Heinous Offence Must Be Concluded Expeditiously: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has ruled that every preliminary assessment under section 15 of the Juvenile Justice Act in relation to heinous offences committed by a juvenile must be initiated and concluded expeditiously in terms of section 14 of the Act. The court added: “…every preliminary assessment under Section 15 of JJ Act in relation to heinous offences must be …

Delhi High Court Stays Trial Court Direction For Inquiry Against Enforcement Directorate’s Assistant Director, Other Officials
1 year, 8 months ago

Delhi High Court Stays Trial Court Direction For Inquiry Against Enforcement Directorate’s Assistant Director, Other Officials

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has stayed a trial court order to the extent it directed an inquiry to be initiated against an investigating officer — an Assistant Director-rank officer of the Enforcement Directorate, and his superior officers over “unjustified incarceration” of an accused in jail for 17 days.Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma issued notice on ED’s plea and ordered:“List the matter. …

Establish Three Proposed Juvenile Justice Boards Within Two Years: High Court To Delhi Govt
1 year, 8 months ago

Establish Three Proposed Juvenile Justice Boards Within Two Years: High Court To Delhi Govt

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to establish the three Juvenile Justice Boards proposed by it in the national capital within a period of two years.Taking note of a recent status report filed by the city government in a suo moto case, a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad observed that …

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 …

Tihar murder: 6 accused to be in Delhi Police custody till May 15
1 year, 10 months ago

Tihar murder: 6 accused to be in Delhi Police custody till May 15

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The matter pertains to gangster Tillu Tajpuria’s brutal premeditated killing in the high-security Tihar Jail on May 2 by members of a rival gang. A Delhi court on Friday extended till May 15 the police custody of six people accused of killing jailed gangster Tillu Tajpuria. Delhi Police had sought three days’ extension of custody of the six …

Minor Girl Sexually Assaulted in Delhi, Juvenile Accused Detained
1 year, 10 months ago

Minor Girl Sexually Assaulted in Delhi, Juvenile Accused Detained

News 18  

A nine-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a boy in east Delhi’s Kalyanpuri area, police said on Sunday. The police said the victim was playing in the street on Saturday when the accused took her to a vacant house near a park close to his residence and allegedly sexually assaulted her. The victim returned home and narrated the incident …

Delhi Govt’s Decision To Cap Number Of Visits By Family Members, Legal Advisers With Prisoners Not Arbitrary: High Court
2 years ago

Delhi Govt’s Decision To Cap Number Of Visits By Family Members, Legal Advisers With Prisoners Not Arbitrary: High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has said that Delhi Government's decision to restrict the total number of visits by family members, relatives, friends and legal advisers with jail inmates to two times a week, keeping in view the number of undertrials and prisoners, cannot be said to be arbitrary. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium …

Debating Sensitivity and Sanctity of the Juvenile Justice Act - News18
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Kathua gangrape: SC holds accused adult, not to be tried as juvenile
2 years, 4 months ago

Kathua gangrape: SC holds accused adult, not to be tried as juvenile

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that one of the accused in the sensational gang-rape and murder case of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua was not a juvenile and now can be tried afresh as an adult for the offences. The top court also held that medical opinion regarding the age of an accused cannot be brushed …

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 …

Seven Years After Release, Delhi High Court Sentences Man To 5 Years In Jail For Sexual Assault Of 4-Year-Old
2 years, 5 months ago

Seven Years After Release, Delhi High Court Sentences Man To 5 Years In Jail For Sexual Assault Of 4-Year-Old

Live Law  

More than 7 years after he was released on probation — even though he had spent just nine months in jail, the Delhi High Court has sentenced the man to five years rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a four-year-old minor victim.The man was convicted for the offences under Section 363 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 10 of Indian …

Hyderabad Jubilee Hills gang-rape case: 4 of 5 minors to be tried as adults, rules Juvenile Justice Board
2 years, 5 months ago

Hyderabad Jubilee Hills gang-rape case: 4 of 5 minors to be tried as adults, rules Juvenile Justice Board

Op India  

On Friday, the Juvenile Justice Board in Hyderabad ruled that four of the five accused minors arrested in the Jubilee Hills gang-rape case might be prosecuted as adults. According to the reports, Radhika Gavvala, the Juvenile Justice Board’s Fifth Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and Principal Magistrate in Hyderabad, issued a preliminary assessment decision to that effect under Section 18 of …

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, 5 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 …

Delhi HC Registers Suo Motu PIL To Consider Premature Release Of Elderly, Infirm Prisoners
2 years, 5 months ago

Delhi HC Registers Suo Motu PIL To Consider Premature Release Of Elderly, Infirm Prisoners

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has registered a suo motu public interest litigation on the issue of premature release of old aged and infirm prisoners.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad sought response from Centre, Delhi Government and Director General while posting the matter for hearing on February 13, 2023. The Delhi High Court …

High Court Seeks Delhi Govt's Response On PIL Alleging State-Run Schools Not Functioning Full Time
2 years, 6 months ago

High Court Seeks Delhi Govt's Response On PIL Alleging State-Run Schools Not Functioning Full Time

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought response of the Delhi Government on a PIL seeking full time education to students in schools being run by the Delhi Government in city's North East district, alleging that the children are either imparted only 2 hours of daily education or are being taught on alternate days.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice …

JJ Act Implementation: High Court Seeks DSLSA's Response On Operationalizing Scheme For Deployment Of Para Legal Volunteers In Police Stations
2 years, 6 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, 6 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 …

Delhi court commits Jahangirpuri violence case to Sessions court for hearing
2 years, 6 months ago

Delhi court commits Jahangirpuri violence case to Sessions court for hearing

Firstpost  

The sources said that Delhi Police will file a separate charge sheet before the Juvenile Justice Board against minor offenders New Delhi: A Delhi Court committed the Jahangirpuri violence case to Sessions court after cognisance and other legal formalities that is listed before the Sessions court on 22 August. On 28 July, CMM had taken cognizance of the charge sheet …

Juvenile Apprehending Arrest May 'Suo Moto' Appear Before JJ Board To Seek Bail: Punjab & Haryana High Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Juvenile Apprehending Arrest May 'Suo Moto' Appear Before JJ Board To Seek Bail: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court while dealing with a case involving juvenile in conflict with law who allegedly committed offences punishable under Sections 379-B, 427, 511 of the IPC, held that if the juvenile in conflict with law suo motu makes appearance before Juvenile Justice Board concerned in respect of the petition offences, thereupon the said appearance would be …

1 juvenile among 5 held by Delhi Police for involvement in 3 separate cheating cases
2 years, 7 months ago

1 juvenile among 5 held by Delhi Police for involvement in 3 separate cheating cases

India Today  

Delhi Police has arrested four fraudsters and apprehended one juvenile for their involvement in three separate cheating cases registered in the national capital, and one being investigated by the Gujarat Police. While two of the arrested accused were involved in duping people on the pretext of providing jobs at leading news channels, the other two accused, including a juvenile, were …

Hyderabad teen gang-rape case: Four minors granted bail
2 years, 7 months ago

Hyderabad teen gang-rape case: Four minors granted bail

Firstpost  

They were directed to cooperate with investigation officials, record their attendance before the District Probation Officer on first Monday of every month and granted bail on production of two sureties of Rs 5,000 each Hyderabad: Four minor boys apprehended in connection with the gang-rape of a teenaged girl here were granted bail by the Juvenile Justice Board. They were directed …

Delhi High Court Seeks Response Of DG Prisons On Measures To Maintain Discipline Among Inmates, Obviate Incidents Of Violence
2 years, 7 months ago

Delhi High Court Seeks Response Of DG Prisons On Measures To Maintain Discipline Among Inmates, Obviate Incidents Of Violence

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has recently sought response of Director General of Prisons on measures and changes so that the functioning of prisons is made more conducive to maintaining discipline among inmates and obviate incidents of violence.A division bench comprising of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Anup J. Bhambhani was dealing with a petition raising the issue of violence perpetrated …

Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Two Incarcerated For 7 Yrs Over Alleged Recovery Of 21 Kg 'Ganja'
2 years, 8 months ago

Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Two Incarcerated For 7 Yrs Over Alleged Recovery Of 21 Kg 'Ganja'

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has granted bail to two men who were incarcerated for about 7 years and 2 months for having been allegedly found in possession of 21 KGs of 'ganja'. Justice Asha Menon noted that the minimum sentence prescribed for the offence was 10 years rigorous imprisonment whereas, both the men were incarcerated since 26th May, 2015 i.e. …

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 …

Identity of juvenile offenders should be protected: Legal experts
2 years, 9 months ago

Identity of juvenile offenders should be protected: Legal experts

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A group of legal experts questioned the way the identity of juvenile ‘accused’ in criminal cases was being flashed across some sections of the media and on social media, and made it clear that identifying the minors directly or indirectly violated the Juvenile Justice Act. They said that the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, which pertains to the issue of …

Sexual Offences: Delhi High Court Seeks Report From DSLSA Over Payment Of Compensation To Victims
2 years, 10 months ago

Sexual Offences: Delhi High Court Seeks Report From DSLSA Over Payment Of Compensation To Victims

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has sought details from the Delhi State Legal Services Authority regarding payment and non payment of compensation to victims in relation to the FIRs pertaining to sexual offences.Justice Jasmeet Singh was dealing with a bunch of pleas wherein a predecessor bench had earlier sought to streamline the process of supplying FIRs pertaining to commission of sexual. …

"Strong Suspicion Of Planned Syndicate Selling & Buying Children": Delhi High Court Upholds Charges Framed Against Medical Professional
2 years, 10 months ago

"Strong Suspicion Of Planned Syndicate Selling & Buying Children": Delhi High Court Upholds Charges Framed Against Medical Professional

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has recently upheld charges framed against a woman, a medical professional, under Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, finding a "strong suspicion" of a planned syndicate for selling and buying of children.Justice Subramonium Prasad upheld the Trial Court order which had framed charges under sec. The Delhi High Court has recently upheld charges …

Jahangirpuri Violence: Delhi High Court Orders Production Of Juvenile Accused Before Juvenile Justice Board
2 years, 11 months ago

Jahangirpuri Violence: Delhi High Court Orders Production Of Juvenile Accused Before Juvenile Justice Board

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered the production before a juvenile justice board, of an accused claiming to be a juvenile aged 16 years, arrested in connection with the clashes that broke out last week in city's Jahangirpuri area during a Hanuman Jayanti procession.The juvenile accused was sent to one day police custody remand here by a Duty Magistrate …

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