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Supreme Court grants bail to 3 who played role in 'blood swapping' at hospital

February 02, 2026 7:28 pm

On May 19, 2024, engineers Aneesh Awadhiya and Ashwini Koshta were killed after a speeding Porsche car, allegedly driven by an inebriated 17-year-old from a Pune realtor’s family, rammed into their motorcycle.

Activists, lawyers criticise change in law for juveniles accused of heinous crimes

April 23, 2015 11:30 am

Cabinet has approved a proposal to try juveniles in the age group of 16-18 years accused of heinous crimes under laws for adults.

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Supreme Court urges govt to make juvenile law more deterrent

April 07, 2015 4:55 am

The SC urged the govt to bring about necessary changes in the juvenile law in order to have a deterrent effect

Apex court calls for linking nature of crime to age of juvenility

November 25, 2014 1:41 am

Already in Lok Sabha, new law seeks to alter the way delinquent juveniles between 16-18 years are dealt with.

SC refuses to lower age of juvenility

March 29, 2014 12:45 am

The 23-year-old victim’s father had sought a direction to declare as unconstitutional and void the Act to the extent it put a blanket ban on the power of criminal courts to try a juvenile offender for offences committed under the IPC.