Juvenile Laws in India

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Situational offender in the light of physical abuse of a child
Situational child molesters generally are socially inadequate, inhibited, and introverted individuals with low self-esteem. They frequently have a substance abuse problem and will deny any involvement in the molestation.

Salient Features of Juvenile Justice Act,2006
Juvenile Justice Legislation in India:
The first central legislation on Juvenile Justice was passed in 1986, by the Union Parliament, providing a uniform law on juvenile justice for the entire country. Prior to this law each state had its own enactment on juvenile justice with there being differences in the way juveniles were treated by different state legal systems.

Female Juvenile: Law and Society
The Juvenile justice system in India contemplates the legal response with respect to two categories of children, namely those who are in conflict with law as they have committed a crime and those who are in need of care and protection for the children who are deprived and marginalized sections of society. The primary framework which deals with juvenile justice is The Juvenile Justice Act, 1986, Section 2(h) defines that ‘Juvenile’ means a boy who has not attained the age of sixteen years or a girl who has not attained the age of eighteen years. This act thus provides for a special approach towards the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency and provides a framework for protection, treatment and rehabilitation of children in the purview of the juvenile justice system. This system does keep both the male and female child under consideration, equally.

Juvenile Justice post the Delhi Gang Rape case
In light of recent judgement on the Delhi Gang rape case, the article suggests critical reform measures in Juvenile laws to strike a middle path between reformist and deterence views on juvenile justice while locating existing Indian laws in an international context.

Criminal Jurisprudence Challenging the Traditional Perspective on Juveniles in conflict with the Constitutional Guarantees
The age range in respect of which a juvenile can be held responsible in a criminal accord in respect to constitutional guarantees and its state policy. Age of majority is the threshold of adulthood and this concept has been recognized by law itself.

Constitutionality And Judicial Interpretation of Religious Conversion And Its Laws In India
The fact that individuals can be legally tied down to their religion of birth and do not have the full freedom to make their own decisions is one in a long line of measures taken by the Indian state that treats the country as a conglomeration of communities and not of individuals. This is an extremely slippery slope to be on, one that the country must look to get out of.

Crusading against child sexual abuse through law, introspecting the POSCO
The POSCO Act is gender neutral Consent of the child is irrelevant in cases under the POSCO Act, The POSCO Act is only applicable to child survivors and adult offenders

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 –The positives and negatives
The nature and incidence of the crimes committed by juveniles has changed drastically over the years . In the wake of such circumstances there was a need for a new law to cope up with changing scenario. Juvenile Justice Act , 2015 was drafted and enforced with the same view .

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