Juvenile Justice Board

NCRB data shows that the rate at which juveniles are held guilty of crimes is much higher than the conviction rate for adults. As many of them are between 16 and 18 years, they are often tried as adults  

The Allahabad High Court...

The Supreme court has directed that Narayan Chetanram Chaudhary be set free forthwith from the correctional home in which he remains imprisoned as he suffered imprisonment for more than 28 years after his arrest in 1994. He was a juvenile at that time.

The Allahabad High Court...

The Allahabad High Court...

When trying a juvenile as an adult, the court in effect accepts that the juvenile has the mental capacity of an adult and, therefore, has criminal responsibility of an adult and undeserving of rehabilitation

The Supreme Court on Thu...

Allahabad High Court while hearing a Criminal Revision filed by Kalim observed that the lower court cannot be faulted for depending upon the medical/ radiological age of the juvenile and declaring him as an adult on the basis of the evidence available in the facts and circumstance of the case.

The appeal was filed by seven appellants. The appeal of appellants has already been abated, on account of their deaths, order dated December 23, 2015.

The Gauhati High Court recently disposed of a suo motu PIL pertaining to the deportation of a minor child, a Bangladeshi national, to Bangladesh.