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Juvenile accused treated 'too leniently' in India, no lessons learnt from Nirbhaya case: HCThe Madhya Pradesh High Court has criticized the lenient treatment of juveniles in India, citing the 2012 Nirbhaya case. The court dismisse...
We, the children, must receive protectionA recent investigation revealed that nearly 10,000 minors were wrongly held in adult prisons in India between Jan 2016 and Dec 2021, based ...
Court defers hearing of murder case of 7-year-old schoolboyThe probe agency claimed the teenager had killed the child in a bid to get the school closed so that a parent- teacher meeting and an exami...
After Juvenile Justice Bill, government working on rehab policyThe plan under consideration is to send first-time juvenile offenders to community service instead of a correction home, highly placed sour...
'Black Day' observed in UP against juvenile offender's releaseThe protest programme was organised by the daughter-in-law of Samajwadi supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in Gomti Nagar area.
Rajya Sabha takes up Juvenile Bill against the backdrop of 2012 Delhi gangrapeWomen and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi today said the legislation is "compassionate" and comprehensive in nature.
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), ...
DCW chief urges JJB to not go ahead on juvenile convict's releaseLast night, a vacation bench comprising Justices AK Goel and UU Lalit in an order pronounced at 2 AM had posted the matter for hearing on M...
Nirbhaya case: DCW chief Swati Maliwal hopes juvenile offender is not released todayDCW chief Swati Maliwal hoped that the juvenile offender in the December 16 gangrape case will not walk free today as scheduled as her plea...
Delhi Commission for Women moves SC against Nirbhaya juvenile's release"DCW filing Special Leave Petition in SC tonight. Will go to Judge's house, wil try get hearing tonight against Nirbhayas convict release,"...
DCW to file SLP in Supreme Court against juvenile's releaseDelhi Commission for Women will file a SPL in the Supreme Court tonight against the scheduled release of the December 16 gang-rape juvenile...
Centre had opposed juvenile convict's release: RijijuCentre said it had opposed his release but the Delhi High Court has ordered him to be freed. Kiren Rijiju also put the onus on Delhi govern...
December 16 gang rape: Juvenile convict sent to undisclosed location before releaseA day before his scheduled release, the juvenile convict in the December 16 gang rape case has been moved out of the correction home and se...
Release of juvenile convict: Maneka Gandhi puts blame on Rajya SabhaManeka blamed Rajya Sabha for not passing the Bill to amend the Juvenile Justice Act which seeks stringent punishment for children aged bet...
Delhi gangrape case: Convicts claim they were denied fair trialTwo of the four death row convicts in December 16 gangrape case contended before Delhi High Court that they were denied fair trial in the c...
SC notice to centre over Juvenile Justice ActSC has sought the govt’s views on a plea by Nirbhaya’s parents to permit courts in certain cases to examine the mental maturity of a juveni...
Now, ministry wants to lower juvenile ageCabinet unlikely to endorse women & child welfare ministry proposal as it runs against UN convention India has signed.
- Retain juvenile age: NCPCR to MHA
The home ministry is in a bind as there are strong voices of important stakeholders emerging first from the women and child development min...
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 ...
Delhi Gang Rape: Minors could face death penalty if law amendedJolted by the extreme cruelty unleashed on Nirbhaya by the only juvenile among the six accused in the Delhi gang-rape case, the government ...