Juvenile Law

SC grants interim bail to 13 prisoners who were jailed for over 14 years despite being juveniles

The petitioners said they have served the maximum imprisonment of three years in accordance with the Juvenile Justice Act.

Scroll Staff
· Jul 08, 2021 · 05:18 pm
The law’s blindness to teenage sexual consent is criminalising young boys

Those working in juvenile justice say they negotiate tricky issues related to consent, caste and parental pressure while dealing with juvenile rape cases.

Bhavya Dore
· Aug 02, 2016 · 06:30 pm
Juvenile justice: Police cannot file FIRs against underage offenders for minor offences

The new draft model, however, leaves room for authorities to book juveniles in crimes that attract more than a seven-year prison term.

Scroll Staff
· May 26, 2016 · 11:59 am

Delhi gangrape: Centre assures victim's parents that Juvenile Justice Bill will be passed

Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said all parties wanted to support the bill in Parliament.

Scroll Staff
· Dec 22, 2015 · 10:33 am
Juvenile convicted in Delhi gangrape to be monitored post release: reports

Now 20 years old, he is likely to be put under the care of an NGO after he finishes his three-year sentence.

Scroll Staff
· Dec 03, 2015 · 11:09 am
By keeping minor girls in lockup at night, Chhattisgarh police breaks the law and triggers unrest

Three young girls were allegedly chased, beaten, made to march for eight hours and locked up in a police station. Next day, they were sent 400 Kms from their homes.

Malini Subramaniam
· May 03, 2015 · 08:30 am

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Juvenile Law

SC grants interim bail to 13 prisoners who were jailed for over 14 years despite being juveniles

The petitioners said they have served the maximum imprisonment of three years in accordance with the Juvenile Justice Act.

Scroll Staff · Jul 08, 2021 · 05:18 pm

The law’s blindness to teenage sexual consent is criminalising young boys

Those working in juvenile justice say they negotiate tricky issues related to consent, caste and parental pressure while dealing with juvenile rape cases.

Bhavya Dore · Aug 02, 2016 · 06:30 pm

Juvenile justice: Police cannot file FIRs against underage offenders for minor offences

The new draft model, however, leaves room for authorities to book juveniles in crimes that attract more than a seven-year prison term.

Scroll Staff · May 26, 2016 · 11:59 am

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