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Don't allow hiding under forgetting: Why Delhi HC's 'right to be forgotten' ruling raises serious concernsA recent Delhi High Court ruling grants acquitted individuals a 'right to be forgotten'. Their names will be removed from online search res...- Aam Admi Party Delhi chief booked over minor survivor's identity disclosureDelhi Police has registered a case against Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bhardwaj. He is accused of revealing the identity of ...
- Pakistan-linked terror conspiracy case: NIA files report against five juvenilesThe National Investigation Agency has filed a report on five juveniles involved in a Pakistan-linked terror plot. The plot aimed to spy on ...
- NHRC member defends notice to MeitY, says child safety concerns override pending DPDP enforcementThe NHRC in its March 24 notice to the ministry had raised alleged non-compliance of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act by dig...
- Don't leave our kids in judicial limboThe current state of India's juvenile justice system is alarming. More than 50% of cases presented to Juvenile Justice Boards are stuck in ...
- Why criminal act is not the same as criminal liabilityIn common law, criminal liability is tested by actus reus (guilty act) and mens are (guilty mind). This means that a criminal act alone doe...
- States, HCs to work together to improve juvenile justice infraWhile 32 per cent of the 664 districts in the country do not have children homes, 27 of the districts do not have child protection units.
- Plea filed in Supreme Court against new central law on juvenileThe Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, cleared in the winter session of Parliament, repeals and recasts the old ...
- 'Juvenile' walked free, others in his footsteps won'tThe juvenile convict's release on December 20 perhaps galvanised lawmakers into giving their assent to the Juvenile Justice Bill two days l...
- Shiv Sena flays release of juvenile convictOn December 16, 2012, the 23-year-old girl was beaten and gangraped by six persons in a moving bus, including the driver and the juvenile c...
- Nirbhaya's parents, youths hold candlelight march at Jantar MantarParents of the December 16 gangrape victim participated in a candlelight march at Jantar Mantar demanding justice for their daughter and pa...
- December 16 gang rape case: SC rejects plea against release of juvenileThe SC on Monday dismissed the plea by Delhi Commission for Women opposing the release of juvenile accused in the December 16 gangrape case.
- Activists divided on release of juvenile convict in the December 16 gang rape case"I think the boy should be given another chance to live," Kavita Krishnan, secretary of All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA), ...
- Delhi government's logic on juvenile flawed: Chief Justice AP ShahFormer Delhi HC Chief Justice AP Shah has said the Delhi government's decision to explore possibility of awarding death sentences to juveni...
- Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's proposal on juvenile age impractical: ExpertsDelhi government would need WCD ministry’s nod to bring down juveniles’ age limit to 15 and the latter is in no mood to relent.
- Supreme Court: Get tough on juveniles in heinous crimesThe court's concern was expressed in a case where a boy aged 17 years and 8 months, who was part of a mob that attacked a gathering and kil...
- Consensus needed on Juvenile Justice system: PresidentPresident Pranab Mukherjee today said the country urgently needed to arrive at a consensus on the justice system for minors.
- Government may consider making law tougher for juveniles: Krishna TirathMinister said that she had not received the recommendations of the parliamentary committee and she was not in favour of reduction of age of...
- Tougher penalty for heinous crimes by juveniles? SC agrees to examineThe 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...
- Punishing juvenile culprits: We need to lower the qualifying age and ensure changes in our value systemsThe assertion of a primary accused in the Delhi gang rape case that he is a minor has sent the law enforcement authorities into a tizzy to ...
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