The juvenile convict in the brutal December 16, 2012 gangrape-cum-murder case will walk free on Sunday after spending three years in the pr...

The Centre said several mandatory aspects were missing from the post-release rehabilitation plan which needed to be considered before setti...

The court asked whether a management committee has been constituted as per the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Rules, is it still in existence.

Recently switched to BJP from Congress, Tirath had ruled out harsher punishment for juveniles in the aftermath of the December 16 rape case.

The petition had referred to the trial court verdict by which four adult accused were convicted and sentenced to death and sought similar t...

The Centre told the SC that the law did not allow the juvenile to be tried twice for the same offence as sought by the parents of victims.

A juvenile accused of murder, acid attack, rape and gangrape, will face trial as an adult under the IPC only if the JJB deems it fit.

Cases including the Nirbhaya gang-rape, Mumbai’s Shakti Mills case and even the Guwahati rape case stood out for involvement of minors in t...

The judgement of a minor in the December 16 gangrape case was again deferred till August 31.

A bench comprising Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked him to inform the JJB about his pending petition in the apex c...

SC refused to lower the age bar for juveniles from 18 to 16 years, ruling that the involvement of a 17-year-old minor in a gang rape in Del...

The development in the SC coincided with a promise from the government that it would look into the demand for lowering the age for who qual...

Sheila Dikshit today gave her support, saying the nature of the crime should not be overlooked while deciding on the age issue.

The government today said it is reflecting on all the available options and would take a considered view at the earliest.

A Bench of Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra agreed to examine the plea which assumes significance as a juvenile is an accused in ...

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Mayawati-led UP government on the plea seeking a judicial probe into the alleged rape of a Dal...

Alarmed over the increase in the number of crimes involving children in Tamil Nadu and the lack of comprehensive rules to safeguard their i...