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Home / News / India News / India gets a new Juvenile Justice Act
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    India gets a new Juvenile Justice Act

    Vaneet Randhawa
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    Last updated on Jan 16, 2016, 04:36 pm
    India gets a new Juvenile Justice Act
  • The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill which was ratified by Rajya Sabha in the Winter Session and approved by the President as an Act on 4 January came into effect today.

    Juvenile offenders will now be tried as adults if the crimes are deemed 'heinous' like rape and murder.

    They will deserve the same punishment as adult offenders.

  • In this article
    Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 Nirbhaya case shakes India, call for change get louder Lok Sabha amends Juvenile Justice Act Juvenile Justice Bill passed in Rajya Sabha Criticism against the new Act India gets a new Juvenile Justice Act
  • 2000

    Juvenile Justice Act, 2000

    Juvenile Justice Act, 2000
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  • The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 was the principal legal structure for juvenile law in India.

    The act grants for a unique approach towards the "prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency" and provides a core for the "protection, treatment and rehabilitation" of children in the purview of the juvenile adjudication policy.

    The highest penalty under the act was 3 years.

  • Information

    Nirbhaya case shakes India, call for change get louder

  • Following the brutal 16 December Delhi incident, in which a paramedical student was brutally gangraped, the demand for reducing the age for trying juveniles involved in serious offences became more and more vociferous.

  • 7 May 2015

    Lok Sabha amends Juvenile Justice Act

    Lok Sabha amends Juvenile Justice Act
    Credits:
  • The Lok Sabha passed an amendment to the Juvenile Justice Act allowing children in the 16-18 age group to be tried as adults if they commit heinous crimes.

    The trial of the juvenile, whether as an adult or child, would depend upon the Juvenile Justice Board's assessment of the child.

    Many members had opposed the bill saying that retribution should not be the policy.

  • 22 Dec 2015

    Juvenile Justice Bill passed in Rajya Sabha

    Juvenile Justice Bill passed in Rajya Sabha
    Credits:
  • The Juvenile Justice Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha.

    The law will now permit kids between "16-18 years to be tried as adults in heinous crime cases."

    Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi explained that no juvenile offender would be sent to jail directly. Only a psychologist would decide if the offense is committed with an adult-frame-of-mind or 'child-like'.

  • 22 Dec 2015

    Criticism against the new Act

    Criticism against the new Act
    Credits:
  • The new Juvenile Justice Act was criticized by certain segments as an infringement of human rights of children and that it would lead to exploitation.

    Brinda Karat of Communist Party of India (CPI-M) also questioned the logic of legislators and voters behind the new Juveline Justice Act.

    She said "that treating a 16-year-old as an adolescent criminal in Tihar jail is retrograde understanding."

  • 16 Jan 2016

    India gets a new Juvenile Justice Act

    India gets a new Juvenile Justice Act
  • The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill which was ratified by Rajya Sabha in the Winter Session and approved by the President as an Act on 4 January came into effect today.

    Juvenile offenders will now be tried as adults if the crimes are deemed 'heinous' like rape and murder.

    They will deserve the same punishment as adult offenders.

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