Johnson & Johnson sells its largest India plant as demand weakensJ&J's manufacturing plant spread across 55.27 acres was completed in 2016 to make consumer health products, including babycare range, beaut...
18 Oct, 2022, 01.17 AM IST
Serious blunders in JJ Act amendment, says Priyanka ChaturvediNotably, the Centre had amended the JJ Act 2015 through the JJ amendment Act 2021 that classifies the serious offences against the children...
19 Feb, 2022, 04.53 PM IST
Government to make it easier for NRIs adopting in India to take child back to country of residenceThe move follows much debate and consultations over bridging the gaps and address this critical concern as there is no mechanism for inter-...
16 Sep, 2021, 01.20 PM IST
Parliamentary panel not to push for lowering age limit to 16 yrs for juveniles involved in serious POCSO casesThe government's response comes based on an observation of the parliamentary standing committee on Home Affairs led by Rajya Sabha MP and C...
11 Aug, 2021, 03.44 PM IST
NCPCR urges states to share information on children orphaned due to COVID-19These children who have lost family support due to COVID-19 or have been abandoned due to the loss of parents to the disease are in need of...
03 May, 2021, 03.56 PM IST
Covaxin a hard sell in two of India’s largest hospitalsVaccine hesitancy has hit two of India’s largest state-run hospitals — JJ Hospital in Mumbai and the All-India Institute of Medical Science...
26 Jan, 2021, 12.03 PM IST
There is chasm between ideals and implementation of JJ Act: Justice ChandrachudJustice D Y Chandrachud, who was speaking at the National Juvenile Justice Consultation programme held at the Supreme Court here, said it w...
14 Dec, 2019, 04.00 PM IST
140 complaints against CCIs received in last 3 years: WCD"As reported by the NCPCR, it has registered 140 complaints against CCIs and shelter homes during the last three years," Irani said in a wr...
21 Jun, 2019, 05.49 PM IST
J&J agrees to pay only Rs 25 lakh compensation for faulty hip implantsIn March this year, a committee under Dr Arun Kumar Agarwal submitted its report to the health ministry with its final recommendation.
08 Apr, 2019, 11.47 PM IST
Juvenile Justice Act draft rules could be used in Mercedes hit-and-run caseThe case was highlighted as the accused teenager who was short of 18 years, had allegedly drove his father's Mercedes over 32-year-old Sidd...
26 May, 2016, 04.26 AM IST
Register all Child Care Institutions: Maneka Gandhi to StatesManeka Gandhi has written to all the state governments asking them to ensure that child care institutions (CCI) should be registered with t...
01 Jan, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Centre urges states to achieve target of 20,000 adoptionsThe Ministry has issued a strict deadline to the states to comply with the new guidelines, which draw support from Juvenile Justice Act.
18 Aug, 2015, 01.32 PM IST
New Bill lets minors be tried as adults for heinous crimesThe new Bill allows minors to be tried as adults in cases of heinous crimes like rape, but lays down that in no case a juvenile will be sen...
07 Aug, 2014, 02.15 AM IST
NDA government to amend Juvenile Justice ActThe Women and Child Development Ministry today sent the final draft of a bill to amend the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Childre...
30 Jul, 2014, 10.41 PM IST
Supreme Court refuses to lower age of 'juvenile'The Supreme Court today refused to lower the age of juvenile from 18 years saying the legislature has fixed the age which is constitutional...
28 Mar, 2014, 08.37 PM IST
- Maha govt upholds FDA move to cancel licence of J&J facility
Maharashtra today upheld the FDA Commissioner's decision to cancel Johnson & Johnson India's licence to manufacture healthcare products fro...
24 Jun, 2013, 09.19 PM IST
- Delhi gang-rape: Juvenile Justice Board to give order on trying Juvenile in fast-track court
Juvenile Justice Board will pronounce its order tomorrow on whether a juvenile involved in Delhi gangrape-cum-murder case be prosecuted alo...
23 Jan, 2013, 06.20 PM IST