New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave approval for bringing amendments to the Juvenile Justice Care and Protection of Children Act, 2015 in which it is proposed that DMs, ADMs will monitor the functioning of agencies implementing the JJ Act in every dis
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by Muhammad Moin Faridulla, a convict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, seeking leniency under the Juvenile Justice Act, claiming he was juvenile at the time of the commission of the offence.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 12 (ANI): A woman has been arrested for selling her two-month-old son after her husband left the two after an argument in Hyderabad.
Panaji (Goa) [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Officials of a Church-backed NGO and a human rights' body have been booked under sections of the Goa Children's Act and the Juvenile Justice Act for allegedly misusing children at the anti-CAA rally held on January 24 in South Goa district.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Dec 25 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal on Wednesday said she firmly believes that children need care and protection.
New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by one of the death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case, who had claimed that he was minor at the time of the offence and should be treated under the Juvenile Justice Act.
New Delhi [India], Dec 18 (ANI): The Delhi High Court will on Thursday hear the plea of Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the convicts in Nirbhaya case, who has moved the court claiming that he was a juvenile at the time of the offence in 2012 and should be treated under the Juvenile Justice Act.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Nov 13 (ANI): In what can be termed as a wanton act of violence against a minor, a man here had mercilessly beaten a 7-year-old boy in black and blue over some trivial issue at an apartment parking lot.
Chitoor (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Dec 27 (ANI): A private school teacher in Andhra Pradesh's Chitoor district was recently arrested for making students strip as punishment.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 10 (ANI): In a gruesome incident, an allegedly drunk man was caught on camera slamming his three-year-old son against an auto-rickshaw.