NEED FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORMS

  • Mahir Hussain

Abstract

Children are nation's future and it is everyone's duty to ensure that they get to live in a clean and stable setting. There is an uptick in the number of juvenile offenders in the world, notwithstanding the existence of a welfare statute for such children. A significant question then peeped into our heads as to whether young criminals who commit heinous offences should be classified as adults. The emphasis of this paper was on the constitutional, statutory and judicial provisions in India surrounding the criminal justice system. This paper highlights numerous controversial topics related to the Criminal Justice Act, 2015, such as issues related to juvenile age and maturity. The provisions of the Criminal Justice Act, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 are also highlighted in this paper.

Published
2019-11-20
Section
Articles