Search Results for Tag : Juvenile Justice Act
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Uttarakhand HC: Severity of POCSO Charges Alone Cannot Deny Juvenile Bail(27.07.2026)
Uttarakhand High Court granted bail to a juvenile accused in a POCSO case, holding that the seriousness of the alleged offence alone cannot justify de.....
Tags : Juvenile Justice Act; Bail; Accused
Patna High Court: Claim of Juvenility Can be Raised Before Any Court, at Any Stage(04.08.2025)
Patna HC has observed that the claim of juvenility can be raised before any court, at any stage, even after final disposal of the case and if the cour.....
Tags : Patna High Court, Juvenile Justice Act, Juvenile Justice Board
Delhi HC: Age Document under JJ Act Not Final If Its Authenticity is Questionable(09.10.2025)
Delhi High Court held that a document given higher preference for determining a victim’s age under the Juvenile Justice Act cannot be treated as “gosp.....
Tags : Age Document, Juvenile Justice Act, Victim
Allahabad HC: Juvenile Conviction Cannot be Treated as Disqualification for Government Jobs(31.10.2025)
Allahabad High Court held that a juvenile’s conviction under the Juvenile Justice Act, relying on Section 19 of the 2000 Act and Section 24 of the 201.....
Tags : Juvenile Justice Act, Conviction, Government Jobs
Bom. HC: Divorcee or a Single Parent Eligible to Adopt as Per Juvenile Justice Act, 2015(13.04.2023)
Bombay High Court while setting aside order disallowing a woman from adopting her sister’s child on ground that she was single working woman, held tha.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Single Parent, Juvenile Justice Act, Adopt
Gauhati High Court: Notify the Child Protection Policy and the rules under the Juvenile Justice Act(01.04.2024)
Gauhati High Court has asked the State Government to notify the rules under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2015, and the Child Protec.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, State Government, Child Protection Policy, Juvenile Justice Act
All. HC: Child in Conflict With Law Can't Seek Anticipatory Bail U/S 438 CrPC(15.02.2023)
Allahabad High Court has held that a child in conflict with law can’t file an application under Section 438 of CrPC seeking anticipatory bail as per t.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Juvenile Justice Act, Child in Conflict With Law, Anticipatory Bail
Calcutta High Court: Juvenile Accused Eligible to Apply for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 CrPC(17.11.2025)
Calcutta High Court held that juveniles can file anticipatory bail applications under Section 438 CrPC. The court clarified that the Juvenile Justice .....
Tags : Juvenile Justice Act, Anticipatory Bail, Accused
SC: Under JJ Act, Murder Falls Within Heinous Offences; S. 302 IPC Prescribes Minimum Life Sentence(22.07.2026)
SC held that murder under Section 302 IPC (now Section 103(1) BNS) is a "heinous offence" under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015. It ruled that although.....
Tags : Murder; Juvenile Justice Act; Heinous Offences
Bombay HC: Principal Can't Be Prosecuted For Cruelty Under JJ Act For Teacher’s Action(08.03.2022)
Bombay HC has held that the headmaster of a school cannot be prosecuted for cruelty under the Juvenile Justice Act (JJ Act) for a teacher's actions me.....
Tags : Bombay HC, Juvenile Justice Act
SC Suggests Meeting Between DCPCR & MWCD to Discuss 2021 Amendment to JJ Act(28.03.2023)
Supreme Court has suggested that meeting be held between Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) and Ministry of Women and Child Devel.....
Tags : Supreme Court, DCPCR, Juvenile Justice Act, Amendment