Raipur: Chhattisgarh HC has dismissed a juvenile’s appeal for bail in a 2025 murder case, saying such relief can’t be treated as an absolute or automatic rig-ht and release will “defeat the ends of justice” given the gravity of the offence.Justice Arvind Kumar Verma upheld earlier orders of Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and a sessions…
NEW DELHI: As the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 completes 10 years, Delhi with the highest juvenile crime rate of 41% in 2023, had only seven of mandated 11 Juvenile Justice Boards in its districts as per replies to RTI. According to an India Justice Report analysis, 362 JJBs across 18…
NEW DELHI: Ten years after the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 came into force, a new study by the India Justice Report has exposed how the country’s juvenile justice system is crumbling under the same ills that plague adult courts – massive delays, crippling vacancies and shocking opacity. Children in conflict…