Jj Act

Juvenile Justice Act to be applicable to person offering tobacco to minor

CID of Assam Police has issued a directive that the Juvenile Justice Act was applicable to any person offering or selling tobacco products to any minor.

Amending JJ Act will neither deter serious offenders nor reform juvenile crime

The reformative foundations of India's juvenile justice law have been shaken. Treating children the same as adult offenders is abhorrent to the philosophy underpinning the law passed in 2000.

Modi holds off public opinion on juvenile crimes, stalls amendments to JJ Act

A proposal to try juveniles in the 16-18 age group accused of heinous crimes under the IPC was "dropped" from the agenda of the Union cabinet on Tuesday amid opposition by rights activists and a Supreme Court observation that there was a need to re-examine laws on the issue.