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SC: Avoid Hyper-technical Approach in Deciding Juvenility Claim(14.09.2022)

Supreme Court has held that while deciding whether an accused is juvenile or not, a hyper technical approach should not be adopted. If two views are p.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Juvenility, Hyper-Technical

Kar. HC: Juvenility of the Accused Must be Ascertained Before Trial; Court Lays Guidelines(16.01.2024)

Karnataka High Court while issuing guidelines to be followed by Trial Court and Special Courts for ascertaining juvenility of accused, has observed th.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Guidelines, Juvenility, Accused

P&H HC: Person Can Raise Plea of Juvenility Even After Conviction(18.01.2023)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that plea of juvenility can be raised by a person even after his conviction and sentence, as per which plea, th.....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Juvenility, Conviction

J&K&L HC: School Records Have Priority Over Village Records While Determining Claims for Juvenility(21.11.2022)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that in order to ascertain the claims of juvenility, courts should give priority to the certificate i.....

Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, School Records, Juvenility

SC: Defence of Insanity & Juvenility Ordinarily Ought to be Raised During Trial(20.08.2020)

Supreme Court has stated that the pleas of unsoundness of mind under Section 84 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 or mitigating circumstances like juvenility.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Defence of Insanity & Juvenility

SC: Plea of Juvenility Not Properly Considered by Courts Can’t be Treated as Final(10.01.2025)

Supreme Court has held that when Courts fail to properly consider plea of juvenility it cannot be considered as final and parties can raise fresh plea.....

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Judgments

Plea of juvenility could be taken up by an accused at any stage of proceedings, even after disposal of case from Supreme Court(24.05.2017)

Appellant was convicted under Sections 392 and 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and was sentenced to undergo RI for seven years, fine of Rs. 5000/-.....

Tags : Juvenility, Plea, custody, Release

Question with regard to juvenility can be raised at any time either during trial or during pendency of the appeal or revision or in any other proceeding pending in any Court of law(11.10.2017)

Present is an appeal under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 filed by the convicts (Appellants) assailing the judgment and order of .....

Tags : Conviction, Legality, Juvenility Plea