Children constitute 17.34 per cent of Mizoram’s total population. Mizoram may be a small state in terms of population and area, but the percentage of both child abuse and crimes committed by juveniles is quite high. The Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India in its “Study on Child Abuse: INDIA 2007” ranked […]
The situation of juveniles in conflict with law and children in need of care and protection across India is precarious. Nothing underlines this more than the situation in Karnataka. While the State Human Rights Commission and State Commission for Protection of Child Rights in Karnataka have been more vigilant than their counterparts in other States, […]
Madhya Pradesh faces serious problems with juvenile delinquency. Among the states of India, Madhya Pradesh has been topping the list of “juvenile crimes” under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) from 2005 to 2011 except in 2009 during which it ranked second after Maharashtra. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) under the Ministry of […]
