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[12] [13] A revamped Juvenile Justice Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on 7 May 2015. The new bill will allow minors in the age group of 16-18 to be tried as adults if they commit heinous crimes. The heinous crime will be examined by the Juvenile Justice Board to ascertain if the crime was committed as a 'child' or an 'adult'. [14] [15]
The original Juvenile Justice Bill only held children from 7-12 legally responsible for their crimes if the crimes were heinous, and children from 12-14 legally responsible for their crimes for other crimes. These juveniles were punished with a maximum of three years in rehabilitation centre, no matter the magnitude of the crime.
The Juvenile Justice Board considers the following circumstances before declaring any juvenile as minor: [10] [11] Physical ability of the juvenile to commit alleged crime. Mental ability of the juvenile. Potential of the juvenile to analyse and understand crime consequences. Circumstances leading to the commitment of alleged offence.
A Child Welfare Committee is an autonomous institution in India formed under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 to handle and resolve complaints relating to children who are either abandoned, orphaned, voluntarily given away by parents, or lost and who are in need of care on issues relating to growth, protection, treatment, development, and rehabilitation, and includes provision of requirements ...
Census data from 2011 shows that India has a population of 472 million children below the age of eighteen. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Protection of children by the state is guaranteed to Indian citizens by an expansive reading of Article 21 of the Indian constitution, [ 10 ] [ 11 ] and also mandated given India's status as signatory to the UN Convention on ...
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention indicates that 15% of juvenile arrests occurred for rape in 2006, and 12% were clearance (resolved by an arrest). [90] The total number of juvenile arrests in 2006 for forcible rape was 3,610 with 2% being female and 36% being under the age of 15 years. [ 90 ]
In the realm of juvenile justice, two predominant models are typically considered: restorative justice and criminal justice. [5] In the United States, there is an observable shift towards embracing a more restorative approach, particularly concerning juvenile offenders.
Although the Constitution of India bars multiple citizenship, the Parliament of India passed on 7 January 2004, a law creating a new form of very limited dual nationality called Overseas Citizenship of India. Overseas citizens of India have no form of political rights or participation in the government, however, and there are no plans to issue ...