In a horrific incident in Mumbai, three 6-year-old students were chained and paraded around school as punishment for creating ruckus in class. They were also made to clean toilets. The police have now registered a case under the Juvenile Justice Act. ...
07:20 AM, Mar 18, 2013
Justice Usha Mehra, who submitted a report on the police response during and after the Delhi gangrape incident, has said that the juvenile accused in similar cases, "if they know what they are doing, should be punished". Speaking to CNN-IBN, Justice Mehra also advocated death penalty for the rarest of rare rape cases. ...
02:55 PM, Feb 23, 2013
The Supreme Court has decided to examine the definition of juvenile in the Juvenile Justice Act. The apex court has set for hearing on April 3 a public interest litigation asking that the judiciary be given powers to determine whether an accused is a juvenile or not. ...
02:40 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Member of the JS Verma committee Justice Leila Seth has come out strongly in favour of the existing juvenile justice laws. ...
11:57 PM, Jan 29, 2013
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11:24 PM, Jan 29, 2013
The Juvenile Justice Board has ruled that the sixth accused in the Delhi gangrape case, allegedly the one who most brutally assaulted the braveheart, is a minor. ...
11:08 PM, Jan 29, 2013
Member of the JS Verma commitee Justice Leila Seth has come out strongly in favour of the existing juvenile justice laws. Speaking to CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, Justice Seth said we must accept the age limit laid down by the law and the key is to focus on reform of the child. She said one can't keep lowering the age and changing law to suit a particular case. ...
03:10 PM, Jan 29, 2013
All options are open to appeal in higher courts against the Juvenile Justice Board's decision that the sixth accused in the Delhi gangrape-murder case is a minor, say sources in the Delhi Police. Sources in the police say that the Juvenile Justice Board's order was based on the school certificate of the accused that declares his age is 17 years and six months. ...
09:48 AM, Jan 29, 2013
The Juvenile Justice Board's decision to declare the sixth accused a minor in the Delhi gangrape-murder case has reignited the debate on whether there is a need to revise the Juvenile Justice Act. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy said that in such cases, there has to be retribution. ...
07:43 AM, Jan 29, 2013
Forty-three days after a horrific gangrape shocked India like never before, a Juvenile Justice Board has settled a raging debate, ruling that the sixth accused in the case is a juvenile and hence, cannot be tried and sentenced under criminal law. ...
09:55 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Government sources have claimed that an all-party meeting is likely to be called soon to discuss amendments proposed by the Justice JS Verma Committee to the anti-rape law. A new bill amending the anti-rape law could be presented in the Budget Session of Parliament, they said. ...
07:04 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Justice JS Verma committee, constituted to look into rape laws, on Wednesday refused to propose lowering the legally defined age for juvenile delinquents from 18 to 16 years. "The condition of juvenile homes in the country is pathetic," Justice Verma said at a press conference after submitting his report to the Union Home Ministry. ...
08:39 AM, Jan 24, 2013
A PIL on Tuesday urged the Bombay High Court to direct the Maharashtra Government to implement effectively the Juvenile Justice (care and protection of children) Act and Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act. ...
07:54 PM, Jan 15, 2013
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Ministry of Law and Justice on a PIL demanding the law to punish juveniles to be made more stringent. The petition sought quashing of a provision in Juvenile Justice Act which spares minor convicts from life term and death penalty. ...
01:39 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Stricter punishment for gangrape, denial of bail for crime against women and lowering juvenile age limit to 16 are among the key recommendations made by top bureaucrats and police brass to the government. The conference of Chief Secretaries and Director Generals of Police held in New Delhi on Friday has suggested increase in punishment for gang rape, setting up of Fast Track Courts, National data base for sexual offenders and...
09:45 PM, Jan 06, 2013
Union Minister Salman Khurshid also said that Justice JS Verma committee was looking at all possible dimensions of the Juvenile Justice Act when asked about possible amendments. ...
06:01 PM, Jan 06, 2013
Even as there have been demands for a change in the Juvenile Justice Act following the brutal gangrape and murder of a paramedical student in Delhi because on of the accused is a minor and may walk free after just a few months in a remand home, CNN-IBN has learnt that Delhi Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna had written two letters to Union Home Ministry recommending changes in the Act. ...
01:30 PM, Jan 05, 2013
The Delhi gangrape case has brought attention to the need for sexual assault laws to be revised, however, a storm is also brewing on the need to look at the Juvenile Justice Act. The youngest of the accused, who was allegedly the most brutal assaulter in this case, could get off lightly. ...
11:43 PM, Jan 03, 2013
The Delhi gangrape and murder case has brought attention to the need for sexual assault laws to be revised. A storm is also brewing on the need to look at the Juvenile Justice Act as the youngest of the accused, who claims to be a minor, was allegedly the most brutal assaulter in the case. He could get off lightly for want of stronger laws. ...
06:35 PM, Jan 03, 2013
New Delhi: In Bangalore, the headmaster of a premier school has been arrested on charges of child abuse. This after a complaint was lodged by parents of one of the students. The headmaster of Trio International School, Paul Mikken, a UK citizen is currently out on bail. The police had booked him under the Juvenile Justice Act. This is also the same school which urged its students to add their...
03:18 PM, Jan 22, 2012
