i. State of the statutory structures for administration of juvenile justice All the four states covered under the study have set up Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) in all the districts. However, functioning of the JJBs is plagued with huge number of pending cases. There were nearly 14,000 cases were pending before the JJBs in Madhya […]
Irfan Quraishi Press TV Published on Apr 27, 2013 In a stark revelation on the grim human rights scenario in Kashmir, a fact finding report by New Delhi based Asian Centre for Human Rights has termed the situation of juveniles in Kashmir as the worst in India. The report, which happens to be the first […]
Sexual offences against children in India have reached an epidemic proportion and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) is unlikely to be able to address the menace unless the Government of India and the State Governments take effective measures for proper implementation of the same. A total of 48,338 child rape […]
