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"Stole Phones, Misbehaved": Nagpur Parents Chain Son, 12, For 2 Months
A shocking incident has emerged from Maharashtra's Nagpur, where parents tied their 12-year-old son with iron chains and padlocks to correct his "misbehaviour".
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Non-Hindu Couples Must Use Juvenile Justice Act for Legal Adoptions: Court
The Madras High Court has held that Muslim and Christian couples cannot directly register adoption deeds, and must instead follow the Juvenile Justice Act, offering a clear legal route for non-Hindu families to to adopt children lawfully.
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Over 830 Children Rescued From Child Marriage In Assam Operations in 2022
These rescue operations were conducted from January to December of 2022.
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Delhi Government To Set Up Three Juvenile Justice Boards In Two Years
The Delhi High Court has asked the city government to set up three juvenile justice boards in New Delhi, as proposed by authorities, within two years.
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7-Year-Old Boy's Cheeks Burnt With Cigarette By Cousin: Delhi Cops
The police have lodged a case after a seven-year-old boy alleged that his cheek was burnt with a cigarette by his cousin in south Delhi's Neb Sari area, officials said on Friday.
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"No Moral Distinction" Between Orphaned, Abandoned Children: Bombay Court
The Bombay High Court pulled up the Maharashtra government for its stand that benefits given to orphaned children cannot be given to abandoned children and asserted there is no distinction between the two.
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Supreme Court Questions Child Rights Act Amid Rise In Crimes By Minors
The Supreme Court on Wednesday took note of brutal and heinous crimes committed by juveniles and said that it makes them wonder whether the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 has subserved its object.
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Juvenile To Be Tried As Adult Can Seek Benefit Of Juvenile Justice Act: High Court
Merely because a juvenile is directed to be tried as an adult in a case does not mean he or she can be denied the benefit of provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, the Bombay High Court said while granting bail to a
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Notice To Centre On Plea Challenging Amendments To Child Rights Act
The Supreme Court Monday sought a response from the Centre to a plea challenging the recent amendment to the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 by which certain categories of offences against children have been made non-cognizable.
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Juvenile Justice Act ''Inadequate'', "Gives Free Hand'' To Delinquents To Commit Heinous Offences: Court
Denying bail to a boy, who is accused of raping a girl, the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has termed the Juvenile Justice Act as "totally inadequate and ill-equipped" to deal with such cases.
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Child Rights Body Seeks Action Against Delhi Minister For Violating Juvenile Justice Act
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has written to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, asking him to take action against minister Rajendra Pal Gautam for disclosing the identity of minors in a social media post.
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2016 Mercedes Hit-And-Run Case To Be Tried As Juvenile: Supreme Court
An accused who allegedly ran over a 32-year-old marketing executive while driving Mercedes in 2016 will be tried as a juvenile as the crime does not fall under the category of ''heinous'' offence under the Juvenile Justice Act, the Supreme Court held on Thursday.
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Delhi High Court Asks Two Accused Of Assault To Plant Trees
Two youngsters accused of keeping a girl in illegal confinement, physically assaulting her and not paying her any wages for household work were told by the Delhi High Court today to plant 50 trees each and pay Rs 150,000 to the victim.
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Girl, 5, Allegedly Burned With Candle By Mother, Aunt In Thane
A woman and her sister-in-law in Thane district of Maharashtra have been charged with burning her daughter with candle for misbehaving, police said on Thursday.
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17-Year-Old Raped And Murdered Minor, Awarded 20 Years Jail In Haryana
A Hisar court today sentenced a 17-year-old to 20 years of imprisonment for raping and killing a six-year-old girl of Uklana town in Haryana's Hisar district last year.
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"Stole Phones, Misbehaved": Nagpur Parents Chain Son, 12, For 2 Months
A shocking incident has emerged from Maharashtra's Nagpur, where parents tied their 12-year-old son with iron chains and padlocks to correct his "misbehaviour".
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Non-Hindu Couples Must Use Juvenile Justice Act for Legal Adoptions: Court
The Madras High Court has held that Muslim and Christian couples cannot directly register adoption deeds, and must instead follow the Juvenile Justice Act, offering a clear legal route for non-Hindu families to to adopt children lawfully.
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Over 830 Children Rescued From Child Marriage In Assam Operations in 2022
These rescue operations were conducted from January to December of 2022.
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Delhi Government To Set Up Three Juvenile Justice Boards In Two Years
The Delhi High Court has asked the city government to set up three juvenile justice boards in New Delhi, as proposed by authorities, within two years.
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7-Year-Old Boy's Cheeks Burnt With Cigarette By Cousin: Delhi Cops
The police have lodged a case after a seven-year-old boy alleged that his cheek was burnt with a cigarette by his cousin in south Delhi's Neb Sari area, officials said on Friday.
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"No Moral Distinction" Between Orphaned, Abandoned Children: Bombay Court
The Bombay High Court pulled up the Maharashtra government for its stand that benefits given to orphaned children cannot be given to abandoned children and asserted there is no distinction between the two.
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Supreme Court Questions Child Rights Act Amid Rise In Crimes By Minors
The Supreme Court on Wednesday took note of brutal and heinous crimes committed by juveniles and said that it makes them wonder whether the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 has subserved its object.
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Juvenile To Be Tried As Adult Can Seek Benefit Of Juvenile Justice Act: High Court
Merely because a juvenile is directed to be tried as an adult in a case does not mean he or she can be denied the benefit of provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, the Bombay High Court said while granting bail to a
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Notice To Centre On Plea Challenging Amendments To Child Rights Act
The Supreme Court Monday sought a response from the Centre to a plea challenging the recent amendment to the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 by which certain categories of offences against children have been made non-cognizable.
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Juvenile Justice Act ''Inadequate'', "Gives Free Hand'' To Delinquents To Commit Heinous Offences: Court
Denying bail to a boy, who is accused of raping a girl, the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has termed the Juvenile Justice Act as "totally inadequate and ill-equipped" to deal with such cases.
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Child Rights Body Seeks Action Against Delhi Minister For Violating Juvenile Justice Act
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has written to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, asking him to take action against minister Rajendra Pal Gautam for disclosing the identity of minors in a social media post.
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2016 Mercedes Hit-And-Run Case To Be Tried As Juvenile: Supreme Court
An accused who allegedly ran over a 32-year-old marketing executive while driving Mercedes in 2016 will be tried as a juvenile as the crime does not fall under the category of ''heinous'' offence under the Juvenile Justice Act, the Supreme Court held on Thursday.
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Delhi High Court Asks Two Accused Of Assault To Plant Trees
Two youngsters accused of keeping a girl in illegal confinement, physically assaulting her and not paying her any wages for household work were told by the Delhi High Court today to plant 50 trees each and pay Rs 150,000 to the victim.
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Girl, 5, Allegedly Burned With Candle By Mother, Aunt In Thane
A woman and her sister-in-law in Thane district of Maharashtra have been charged with burning her daughter with candle for misbehaving, police said on Thursday.
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17-Year-Old Raped And Murdered Minor, Awarded 20 Years Jail In Haryana
A Hisar court today sentenced a 17-year-old to 20 years of imprisonment for raping and killing a six-year-old girl of Uklana town in Haryana's Hisar district last year.
