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NCPCR writes to states, UTs over issue of children orphaned due to COVID-1
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has written a letter to the chief secretary of all states and union territories regarding the issue of children who have become orphan due to the death of both parents due to COVID-19.
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LS passes Juvenile Justice Amendment Bill
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 25 (ANI): Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill that seeks to strengthen child protection at the district level by empowering district magistrates to effectively coordinate and monitor the functions of various agencies responsible for the implementation of the provis
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Delhi Police arrests woman for drug peddling
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): Delhi Police on Saturday arrested an accused who used her juvenile son allegedly for drug peddling.
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DMs, ADMs to monitor agencies implementing Juvenile Justice Act in every d
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
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
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SC rejects 1993 Mumbai blasts convict's plea claiming juvenility
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
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.
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Minor arrested for raping his 14-yr-old niece in Andhra's Chittoor
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 20 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh police arrested a 17-year-old for raping his 14-year-old niece in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.
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Workshop conducted in Srinagar for child labour awareness among placement
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Concerned over the increasing cases of child labour, a one-day orientation cum training programme was organised by an NGO along with labour commissioner of Kashmir and members of juvenile justice board to bring awareness about child labour
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Woman arrested for selling her 2-month-old in Hyderabad
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
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.
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Conduct COVID tests for children staying at care institutions: HC directs
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to carry out COVID-19 tests for children in need of care and protection who are staying at different homes or child care institutions under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 201
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Tablighi Jamaat: Delhi HC transfers case of Malaysian minor from one JJB t
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday transferred the case of a minor Malaysian national, from one Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) to another due to the lack of quorum in a case related to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz here.
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Pehlu Khan lynching case: 2 minors sent to juvenile correction home
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Alwar (Rajasthan) [India], Mar 13 (ANI): The two minors who were convicted in the dairy farmer Pehlu Khan's lynching case, are sent to the juvenile correction home for three years each by Juvenile Justice Board here on Friday.
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Juvenile Board defers pronouncement of sentences of 2 minors in Pehlu Khan
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Alwar (Rajasthan) [India], Mar 7 (ANI): Alwar's Juvenile Justice Board on Saturday deferred to March 12, the date of pronouncement of sentences of two minors who were convicted in the Pehlu Khan lynching case.
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