J&K&L HC: Repeated Arrests U/S 107 Crpc After UAPA Bail Can be Fresh PSA Detention Grounds || Del HC: Arrest Memo Listing Only Reasons Cannot Substitute Person-Specific Grounds of Arrest || SC: Hostile Witness Testimony Can Support Acquittal as Well, Not Only Conviction || SC: Appointing Candidates on Contract Against Advertised Regular Posts is Patently Illegal || SC: Compensation For Industrial Land Cannot be Based on Residential Plot Sale Deeds || SC: Public Service Vehicles Without Trackers, Panic Buttons Can't Get Fitness Certificates || SC: Fixed Shares Paid to Association of Persons Members are Taxable as Income, Regardless of Profit || Supreme Court: Wife Pursuing Her Career Cannot be Deemed Cruelty For Hurting Her Husband || Supreme Court: Appeals Must Include Certified Copies of Orders, as E-Filing Alone is Insufficient || Supreme Court: Children Have a Fundamental Right to Receive Education in Their Mother Tongue

Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 effective 15 January 2015 - (13 Jan 2016)

Criminal

The Ministry of Women and Child Development notified 15th January, 2015 as the date on which the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act , 2015 came into force. The Act is attracted in situations where a person, not having completed 18 years of age at the time of commission of offence, comes into conflict with the law. It lays down procedure for processing such persons, while offering certain protections such as not being placed in police lockup or lodged in jail. In instances of heinous crimes, offenders aged between 16 and 18 years of age may be tried as an adult before the Children’s Court.

Tags : JUVENILE JUSTICE 2015 IN FORCE DATE

Share :