Category: Juvenile Justice Act
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Child Care Institutions (CCI)
Law and You> Criminal Laws > Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 > Child Care Institutions (CCIs) The Juvenile Justice Act provides for the setting up of institutional care structures for children. The institutions are separate for children in need of care and protection (CNCP) and children in conflict with law (CCL). Where the child’s own family…
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General Principles of Care and Protection of Children
Law and You> Criminal Laws > Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 > General Principles of Care and Protection of Children The laws relating to the child, having its seeds right from the enactment of the Constitution of India in the form of fundamental rights under Article 15(3) read with Directive Principles of State Policy under Article…
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The Juvenile Justice Act: Definitions
Law and You> Criminal Laws > Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 > The Juvenile Justice Act: Definitions Section 2 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 gives definitions of the words used in this Act. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) “abandoned child” means a child deserted by his biological or adoptive parents or…
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Features of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015
Law and You> Criminal Laws > Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 > Features of Juvenile Justice Act The involvement of the accused in such a heinous crime of rape forced the Indian Legislation to introduce a new law and thus, the Indian Parliament came up with a new law which is known as “ Juvenile Justice…
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Objects of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015
Law and You> Criminal Laws > Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 > Objects of Juvenile Justice Act In the last few decades, the crime rate by children under the age of 16 years has increased. The reason for increasing the crime rate is may be due to the upbringing environment of the child, economic conditions, lack…
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Juvenile Delinquency
Law and You> Criminal Laws > Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 > Juvenile Delinquency The term ‘juvenile delinquency’ refers to a large variety of behavior of children and adolescents which the society does not approve and for which some kind of admonishment, punishment, or preventive and corrective measures are justified in the public interest. Juvenile delinquency…