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Delhi’s 10 child welfare committees, tasked with rehabilitating 10,000 lost or rescued children every year, are often pulled up by city’s courts. But with limited autonomy, insufficient training for its members and frequent jurisdictional tussles, the road ahead remains uphill. Abhishek Angad reports:
Amendment to JJ Act in offing; DMs, collectors to be competent officers for approving adoptions: Maneka
Around 2,300 CCIs are linked to CARA, while another 4,000 remain pending for linkage. Gandhi brought to notice that the 2,300 institutions linked to CARA were not under an adoption system.
Chandigarh: Woman to face trial for assault on five-yr-old stepdaughter
Kaur had been booked for assaulting her stepdaughter and fracturing her leg. She was videographed carrying out the assault by her stepson, the own brother of the five-year-old victim.
Principal booked for ‘mentally torturing’ primary students
Parents of the students approached the police last week, alleging that their children had been treated differently and cruelly by school teachers and the principal.
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SC raps Centre for filing half-baked affidavit on Juvenile Justice Act issue
"If you (Centre) are not serious about children, file an affidavit that you are not concerned about children. We will say Government of India is indispensable and will dismiss the plea," the bench said.
Govt releases draft model rules for implementation of Juvenile Justice Act
The case was highlighted as the accused teenager who was short of 18 years, had allegedly drove his father's Mercedes over 32-year-old Siddharth Sharma on April 4.
Teen accused of two murders in six months: Police file investigation report in second case
Since the juvenile is a repeat offender, the case may be considered under the new Juvenile Justice Act, which allows juveniles in conflict with law — aged between 16 and 18 years — to be tried as adults.
Amended Juvenile Justice Act complicated, needs discussion: SC judge M B Lokur
“If we put a child who does not deserve to be sent to the adult criminal justice system, he will be in great trouble,” he said.
Mumbai: Two boys made to take clothes off as punishment at tutorial
Tutorial owner, sister-in-law booked under JJ Act after video goes viral
New Juvenile Justice Act to come into force from today
The Act, passed by the Rajya Sabha in the winter session of Parliament, received President Pranab Mukherjee’s assent on December 31.
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