Category: Juvenile Justice

Legal provisions regarding production of a child before the Child Welfare Committee under Section 32 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000.(1) Any child in need of care and protection may be produced before the Committee by one of the following persons:(i) Any police officer or special juvenile police unit or a designated police officer; ADVERTISEMENTS: (ii) Any public servant;(iii) Child line, a registered voluntary organization or by such other voluntary organization or an agency as may be recognized by the State Government;(iv) Any social worker or a public spirited citizen; or(v) By the child himself: ADVERTISEMENTS: Provided that the child shall be produced before the Committee without any loss of time but within a period of twenty-four hours excluding the time necessary for the journey;(2)…

Legal provisions regarding provision in respect of escaped juvenile under Section 22 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000.Section 22 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 provides that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force, any police officer may take charge without warrant of a juvenile in conflict with law who has escaped from a special home or an observation home or from the care of a person under whom he was placed under this Act, and shall be sent back to the special home or the observation home or that person, as the case may be; and no proceeding shall be instituted in respect of the juvenile by reason of such…

Legal provisions regarding punishment for employment of juvenile or child for begging under Section 24 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000.(i) Whoever, employs or uses any juvenile or the child for the purpose or causes any juvenile to beg shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine. Image Source: i.ytimg.com ADVERTISEMENTS: (ii) Whoever, having the actual charge of, or control over, a juvenile or the child abets the commission of the offence punishable under sub-section (1), shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may, extend to one year and shall also be liable to fine.As per Section 2(b) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, ‘begging’…