Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Essay

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• Academic failure
• Truancy
• Physical abuse and neglect

JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) ACT, 2015- AN OVERVIEW:- “A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started. He is going to sit where you are sitting, and when you are gone, attend to those things you think are important. You may adopt all the policies you please, but how they are carried out depends on him. The fate of humanity is in his hands.” -Abraham Lincoln The ferocious incident of “Nirbhaya Rape Case” raised many debates. The prime issue among these was the

The Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 provides for strengthened provisions for both children in need of care and protection and children in conflict with law. Some of the key provisions include: change in nomenclature from ‘juvenile’ to ‘child’ or ‘child in conflict with law’, across the Act to remove the negative connotation associated with the word “juvenile”; inclusion of several new definitions such as orphaned, abandoned, surrendered children; petty, serious and heinous offences committed by children; function and responsibilities of Juvenile Justice Board(JJB) and Child Welfare Committee(CWC). This act provides for mandatory constitution of Juvenile Justice Boards and Child Welfare Committees in each district consisting of a Metropolitan or Judicial Magistrate and two social workers, including a woman. The inquiry conducted by the boards will be assisted by experienced psychologists, psycho social workers and other

A number of cases have been decided by the courts in this regard. Under the Indian Penal Code 1860, a child below the age of 7 is considered as not capable of committing a crime (doli incapax). By virtue of Section 82, absolute immunity from criminal liability is provided to a child under the age of 7 years. Section 83 of the Penal Code provides partial/qualified immunity to a child above 7 years and under the age of 12. Penal Code treats a child above 12 years at par with adults. The objective is not to treat such children as adults for their criminal behaviors but to reform and rehabilitate them. In the U.S.A the age to determine juvenility arises from state to state while in most of the state it is 18 years, in few it is 16 or 17 years. In U.K a child between ages of 10 to 18 becomes criminally responsible for his actions and he can be tried by the adult court as the nature and seriousness of the crime