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 […]
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, […]
On 22nd February 2011, the State Government of Manipur in its presentation to the Project Approval Board of the Integrated Child Protection Scheme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development stated that “there are more than 3000 children in difficult circumstances in Manipur which includes children affected by armed conflict, ethnic clashes, orphan children […]
