Juvenile Justice Act

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All HC | Full Bench decides whether writ of Habeas Corpus will be maintainable against Judicial order or Child Welfare Committee’s order under J.J. Act? Decoded

Allahabad High Court: The Full Bench of Sanjay Yadav, Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Siddhartha Varma, JJ., in a very significant ruling expressed

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P&H HC | A juvenile has to be released on bail mandatorily unless and until exceptions carved out in proviso to S. 12 (1) of J.J. Act, 2015 itself are made out

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Jai Shree Thakur J., set aside the impugned order and allowed the appeal. The facts of the

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Del HC | “Non-renewal cannot result in permanent disbarment”; Recognised Adoption Agency in Canada gets opportunity to apply afresh

Delhi High Court: Prathiba M. Singh, J., held that a Canadian Adoption Agency which was recognised for a very long period of

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Pat HC | Seriousness of “alleged” offence cannot be made a ground for rejecting bail under Juvenile Justice Act, 2015

Patna High Court: In an application challenging the order of rejection of bail passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.,

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Madras HC | Adoption does not sever relationship of child with biological father unless he renounces his right as father

Madras High Court: P.T. Asha, J., addressed a matter in relation to adoption and modification in the birth certificate of a minor in

Case BriefsSupreme Court

COVID-19| 35 out of 57 Children in a Chennai Protection home get infected; SC seeks report on all Protection homes

Supreme Court: Taking suo motu cognizance of the issue where 35 out of 57 children in a Protection Home at Royapuram, Chennai

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COVID-19| SC issues extensive directions to protect children in Protection Homes from spread of coronavirus

Supreme Court: Taking sup motu cognizance of the issue involving protection of children who fall within the ambit of Juvenile Justice (Care

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Are we becoming intolerant, retrograde towards our own people – A Critical evaluation of the Juvenile Justice Amendment Act, 2015

by Bibhabasu Misra†

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Pat HC | Session Court’s order on juvenile being guilty of being a part of unlawful assembly quashed by High Court due to improper evidence and being protected under Juvenile Justice Act

Patna High Court: Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. allowed a petition seeking to quash an order of the Sessions court on the ground that

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MP HC | S. 14(3) of the Juvenile Justice Act not mandatory in all circumstance; delay adequately explained

Madhya Pradesh High Court: This petition was filed before the Bench of Atul Sreedharan, J., against the order passed by Special Judge

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Kar HC | Mentally disabled child referred to Child Welfare Committee where family members were not capable of taking care of him

Karnataka High Court: The Division Bench of K.N. Phaneendra and K. Natarajan, JJ. allowed a habeas corpus petition filed by the maternal

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Benefit of doubt while determining the age by bone ossification test is to go in favour of the accused

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sanjeev Sachdeva, J., allowed a criminal revision petition filed against the order of