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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]
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 ...
This is a category of articles concerning acts of Parliament (laws enacted by the Parliament of India in 2015). For more general discussion of Indian legal topics, see Category:Law of India and its other subcategories.
It was set up in 1990. It is a statutory body underJuvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. It functions as the nodal body for the adoption of Indian children and is mandated to monitor and regulate in-country and inter-country adoptions.
In July 2014, Indian Express reported that Pakistan-based terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba had asked its members to declare their age to be below 18 years. This would ensure that they are tried under the Juvenile Justice Act instead of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The maximum punishment under the Act was three years. [6]
Each Juvenile Justice Board consists of one first-class judicial magistrate and two social workers at least one of whom is a woman. [6] They are paid an honorarium. Terms last two years for those of ages 35–65. [ 7 ]
Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act: 2015: 11 Repealing and Amending Act: 2015: 17 Repealing and Amending (Second) Act: 2015: 19 Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act: 2015: 22 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act: 2016: 2 Commercial Courts Act: 2016: 4 Bureau of Indian Standards Act ...
It replaced the Indian juvenile delinquency law, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, and allows for juveniles in conflict with Law in the age group of 16–18, involved in Heinous Offences, to be tried as adults.[2]