'Impotent' 73-yr-old accused of rape by maid gets bail

The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), a quasi judicial body, has ordered a minor to do community service in an old age home in Gandhinagar for causing the death of a man in a road accident last year. Kumaraswamy M K, superintendent of the government-run ...

Shocked by news that Juvenile Justice Board at Pune disposed 133 cases involving juvenile offenders in single day, Bombay HC directed the Principal Judge of Pune District Court to re-examine cases.

I don't need to tell you that alcohol use by young people is dangerous, said Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Administrator Robert Listenbee at a webinar held this week by the Interagency Coordination Committee on the ...

Juveniles involved in heinous crimes should be meted out stringent punishment on par with adults, said Justice (retd) Usha Mehra, who recently submitted her report on the safety and security of women in the wake of the Dec 16 gang-rape.The retired Delhi High ...

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 as amended in 2011 provides for in-patient treatment of children which includes children

The Union government, as of now, will not reduce the age of juveniles under the Juvenile Justice Act, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

An accused cannot be allowed to "dupe" the cause of justice in trial of heinous offences by claiming to be a juvenile and such pleas cannot be encouraged, a court has said, slamming attempts to use it as a "ploy" to escape penal consequences.

The Supreme Court court issued notice to Jammu and Kashmir government on a PIL seeking implementation of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act in the state.

o refresh the CDPOs and police officers of the district was organised by Navbharat Jagriti Kendra and Plan India in collaboration with Jharkhand State Children Protection Commission. SP Manoj Kaushik inaugurated the workshop by lighting the lamp. He ...