[Law Commission Report 283] Law Commission recommends amending POCSO Act, JJ Act and Penal Code
However, the Commission was of the view that it is not advisable to tinker with the existing age of consent under the POCSO Act.
Juvenile Justice Act
[Section 15 of JJ Act] Inquiry for trying a juvenile as an adult must be conducted in a transparent and fair manner: Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court explained that trying a child below 18 years before Juvenile Justice Board is a rule and trying a child above 16 years as an adult before Regular Court is an exception.
“Nudity and obscenity not always synonymous”; Kerala High Court discharges mother who exposed upper naked body for painting by minor children
Kerala High Court started with a quote by — Mitch Albom which reads as “When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this Earth.”
Sessions Court or Children’s Court has not been vested with revisionary power under Juvenile Justice Act: J&K and Ladakh High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court stated that revisionary power under Juvenile Justice Act vests only with the High Court
Abortion| Kerala HC allows a 14-year-old girl to get medical termination of her 28-week pregnancy
Kerala High Court: V. G. Arun, J., allowed medical termination of 28-week pregnancy of a 14-year-old girl. The mother of the victim
When a Child in Conflict with Law is to be tried as an adult, an assessment under S. 15 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 is required to be done? Bom HC answers
Bombay High Court: M.G. Sewlikar, J., held that, in terms of Section 15 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)
Raj HC | Is Juvenile Justice Act totally foreign to the concept of “right of hearing” given to the complainant/CICL in bail applications? Court examines
Rajasthan High Court: Sandeep Mehta, J., allowed the revision application, granted bail and set aside the impugned orders. The facts of the
Children orphaned by COVID-19| No illegal adoption; no discontinuance of education: Here’s the list of Supreme Court directions
The information provided by the State Governments/Union Territories on the ‘Bal Swaraj’ Portal upto 05.06.2021 shows that there are 30,071 children who have become orphans or have lost one parent or abandoned.
Ker HC | Whether a Child born out of a live-in relationship is to be treated as a child born to a married couple? Status of Children in a live-in relationship & mother’s decision to recognize fatherhood of child || High Court unwinds
“The death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what one dies inside us while we live.”
Sikk HC | Court rejects bail of accused of offences under S. 354 IPC, S. 8 POCSO and S. 25 Juvenile Justice Act
Sikkim High Court: Meenakshi Madan Rai, J., rejected a bail application wherein the Petitioner, Principal of a School, aged about 58 years,
All HC | If a minor girl marries a major of her freewill, will such marriage be void or voidable? Court explains while discussing validity of child marriage
Allahabad High Court: J.J. Munir, J., directed that the minor in the instant case who stated that she married the accused of
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
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
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
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.,
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
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
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
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