Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Vivek Thakur has given Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha to discuss the need to amend the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 in the wake of heinous crimes being committed by juveniles in the country on Monday.
Punjab Police arrested six persons, including two juveniles, accused of the Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) attack, carried out at Police Station Sarhali building in Tarn Taran December 9.
According to the police the incident took place at around 9:30 am near Rajouri Garden on December 11 when one woman identified as 31-year-old Ruchi Gulyani was on her way to office when two scooty-borne miscreants snatched her mobile phone.
The Supreme Court Committee on Juvenile Justice, in association with UNICEF, will organize a two-day national consultation on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act of 2012 starting on Saturday, December 10.
The Delhi Police has booked two juveniles under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly stabbing a 17-year-old boy in the Bhagirathi Vihar area of the national capital on Monday, it informed.
Taking a suo moto cognizance of a media report of 12 Bihar-based orphan children rescued from a Madrasa in Tamil Nadu, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday issued a notice to the said governments.
In a video message on the occasion of World Children's Day, Irani congratulated the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) for holding the first of its kind National level launch ceremony with regard to child protection.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday took note of brutal and heinous crimes committed by juveniles and said that it makes them wonder whether the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 has subserved its object, as it holds that one of the accused should be tried as an adult and not as a minor offender in Kath