04Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Section 31 – Powers of Committee – Juvenile Justice (Care And Protection Of Children)

Rehabilitation
(1) The Committee shall have the final authority to dispose of cases for the care, protection, treatment, development and rehabilitation of the children as well as to provide for their basic needs and protection of human rights. Image Source: mfa-cpa.com ADVERTISEMENTS: (2) Where a Committee has been constituted for any area, such Committee shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, but save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, have the power to deal exclusively with all proceedings under this Act relating to children in need of care and protection.Comment: Section 31 relates to the powers of the Child Welfare Committee. The Committee has been conferred power as a final authority to dispose of cases relating to (1) care, (2) protection, (3) treatment,…
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04Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Section 30 – Procedure, etc., in relation to Committee – Juvenile Justice (Care And Protection Of Children)

Business
(1) The Committee shall meet at such times and shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings, as may be prescribed. Image Source: upload.wikimedia.org(2) A child in need of care and protection may be produced before an individual member for being placed in safe custody or otherwise when the Committee is not in session. ADVERTISEMENTS: (3) In the event of any difference of opinion among the members of the Committee at the time of any interim decision, the opinion of the majority shall prevail but where there is no such majority the opinion of the Chairperson shall prevail.(4) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Committee may act, notwithstanding the absence of any member of the Committee, and no order made…
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04Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

List of 96 Expository Essay Topics

Music
Huge Collection of Expository Essay Topics for School and College Students. Image Source: media.showmeapp.com1. Expository Essay on Youth ADVERTISEMENTS: 2. Expository Essay on Yourself3. Expository Essay on Someone you Admire4. Expository Essay on My Early Years5. Expository Essay on What Makes a Great Leader ADVERTISEMENTS: 6. Expository Essay on Why Parents Are Sometimes Strict7. Expository Essay on World War 28. Expository Essay on Women’s Rights9. Expository Essay on Water Pollution ADVERTISEMENTS: 10. Expository Essay on Winter11. Expository Essay on Vacations12. Expository Essay on Volleyball13. Expository Essay on Voting14. Expository Essay on Violence 15. Expository Essay on Volunteerism16. Expository Essay on Unemployment17. Expository Essay on Utopia18. Expository Essay on the Importance of Education19. Expository Essay on Teenage Pregnancy20. Expository Essay on the Holocaust21. Expository Essay on Tennis22. Expository Essay on Soccer23.…
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04Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Section 38 – Transfer – Juvenile Justice (Care And Protection Of Children) Act, 2000

Government
(1) If during the inquiry it is found that the child hails from the place outside the jurisdiction of the Committee, the Committee shall order the transfer of the child to the competent authority having jurisdiction over the place of residence of the child. Image Source: livesportsreviews.com(2) Such juvenile or the child shall be escorted by the staff of the home in which he is lodged originally. ADVERTISEMENTS: (3) The State Government may make rules to provide for the travelling allowance to be paid to the child.Comment: Where the Child Welfare Committee finds that the child brought before it hails from the place outside its (Committee’s) jurisdiction, it may order the transfer of that child to the competent authority having jurisdiction over the place where the child resides.During the transfer…
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04Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Section 33 – Inquiry – Juvenile Justice (Care And Protection Of Children) Act, 2000

Rehabilitation
(1) On receipt of a report under Section 32, the Committee, [***] shall hold an inquiry in the prescribed manner and the Committee, on its own or on the report from any person or agency as mentioned in sub-section (1) of Section 32, may pass an order to send the child to the children’s home for speedy inquiry by a social worker or child welfare officer. Image Source: s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com(2) The inquiry under this section shall be completed within four months of the receipt of the order or within such shorter period as may be fixed by the Committee: ADVERTISEMENTS: Provided that the time for the submission of the inquiry report may be extended by such period as the Committee may, having regarded to the circumstances and for the reasons recorded…
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04Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Section 34 – Children's Homes – Juvenile Justice (Care And Protection Of Children) Act, 2000

Management
(1) The State Government may establish and maintain either by itself or in association with the voluntary organisations, children’s homes, in every district or group of districts, as the case may be, for the reception of child in need of care and protection during the pendency of any inquiry and subsequently for their care, treatment, education, training, development and rehabilitation. Image Source: keithklassen.files.wordpress.com(2) The State Government, may, by rules made under this Act, provide for the management of children’s homes including the standards and the nature of services to be provided by them, and the circumstances under which, and the manner in which, the certification of a children’s home or recognition to a voluntary organisation may be granted or withdrawn. ADVERTISEMENTS: [(3) Without prejudice to anything contained in any other…
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04Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Section 32 – Production before Committee – Juvenile Justice (Care And Protection Of Children) Act, 2000

Government
The persons who may produce the child who is in need of care and protection, before the Child Welfare Committee as specified in this section are— Image Source: cwa3122.org(i) Any police officer, or special juvenile police unit or a designated police officer, ADVERTISEMENTS: (ii) Any public servant;(iii) Childline or any registered voluntary organisation or agency authorised by the State Government and dealing with child welfare.(iv) Any social worker or public spirited citizen authorised by the State Government, or(v) Child himself. ADVERTISEMENTS: The child may be entrusted to the custody of Children’s Home pending inquiry under the rules framed by the State Government in this regard under the Act.The High Court of Bombay in Sayaji Hanmant Bankar v. State of Maharashtra, held that where the Investigation Officer had taken charge of…
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04Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Section 37 – Shelter Homes – Juvenile Justice (Care And Protection Of Children) Act, 2000

Juvenile Justice
(1) The State Government may recognise reputed and capable voluntary organisations and provide them assistance to set up and administer as many shelter homes for juveniles or children as may be required. Image Source: socialwelfarehistory.com(2) The shelter homes referred in sub-section (1), shall function as drop-in-centres for the children in the need of urgent support who have been brought to such homes through such persons as are referred to in sub-section (1) of Section 32. ADVERTISEMENTS: (3) As far as possible, the shelter homes shall have such facilities as may be prescribed by the rules.Comment: It is significant to note that repealed Juvenile Justice Act of 1986 also contained provisions relating to establishment of Observation Homes and the Children’s Homes, but it did not provide for setting up of Shelter…
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04Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

List of 71 Reflective Essay Topics

Business
Huge Collection of Reflective Essay Topics for School and College Students. Image Source: i.ytimg.com1. Reflective Essay on Your Writing Skills2. Reflective Essay on Writing ADVERTISEMENTS: 3. Reflective Essay on Violence4. Reflective Essay on Summer Vacation5. Reflective Essay on Domestic Violence ADVERTISEMENTS: 6. Reflective Essay on University7. Reflective Essay on Urinary Tract Infection8. Reflective Essay on Understanding the Learner9. Reflective Essay on Pressure Ulcers ADVERTISEMENTS: 10. Reflective Essay on the Holocaust11. Reflective Essay on Teenage Relationships12. Reflective Essay on the Great Debaters13. Reflective Essay on To Kill a Mockingbird14. Reflective Essay on Sociology 15. Reflective Essay on Service Learning16. Reflective Essay on Skills17. Reflective Essay on Socialisation18. Reflective Essay on Racism19. Reflective Essay on Poetry20. Reflective Essay on Psychology21. Reflective Essay on Personality22. Reflective Essay on Obesity23. Reflective Essay on Mice…
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04Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Section 40 – Process of rehabilitation and social reintegration – Juvenile Justice

Rehabilitation
The rehabilitation and social reintegration of a child shall begin during the stay of the child in a children’s home or special home and the rehabilitation and social reintegration of children shall be carried out alternatively by— Image Source: 4.bp.blogspot.com(i) Adoption; ADVERTISEMENTS: (ii) Foster care;(iii) Sponsorship; and(iv) Sending the child to an after-care organisation.Comment: ADVERTISEMENTS: When a juvenile or child is brought to a Children’s Home, Special Home or a shelter home, efforts should be made for his rehabilitation and reintegration. This section suggests four alternative measures for the rehabilitation and re-orientation of such juveniles or children. They are—(1) Adoption of orphaned, abandoned, neglected or abused children through institutional or non-institutional means;(2) Foster care is used for temporary placement of those infants who are ultimately to be sent to some…
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